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ASCWU Office of Legislative Affairs Base
Funding Proposal Brianne Wood, Vice President of Legislative Affairs
Purpose
• The ASCWU Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) is established tooversee the distribution of legislative information to students, parents,and legislators at the local, state and federal levels.
What OLA Does
• The voice in Olympia, and Washington, DC for CWU students
• Create political programs that increase political awareness on campus.
• Facilitate voter registration drives
• Empower students to become more civically minded.
2014-2017 Base Funding Request
Annual Base Funding Request Summary
FY 14-17 Total Annual Base Funding Requested:
26,067
Civil Service Payroll: 0
Student Payroll: 13,075
Employee Benefits: 392
Goods &Services: 6,100
Travel: 6,500
An Annual Increase of $1,067!
Recent Accomplishments
CWU Lobby Day 2012
• Central took a record of 50 students to Olympia to lobby our local legislators to maintain higher education funding.
Washington DC Trip
• In 2011-2012 year, OLA took twelve students to Washington, DC to lobby on rising Stafford Student Loan rates
Permanent Ballot Box
• CWU became the first university in the state to have a permanent ballot box on campus. This box was paid by students for students.
CWU VOTE Program• This program is a
partnership between OLA and the Center for Leadership and Community Engagement.
• Register Educate Vote Theme
• Because of this program, we were able to register 642 CWU students. Roughly 10% of the college population.
Election Assistance Center
• OLA and CLCE sponsored an Election Assistance Center in SURC 137 A&B on November 5th and 6th of Election Day.
• This gave students an option to print and fill out their ballots so that they could vote on Election Day.
• This center was open in conjunction with our ballot box outside.
• CWU had a record of 1717 ballots dropped off in both areas. That is 20% of the college population.
Election Assistance Center
Election Night Bash
• A OLA and CLCE sponsored event on the night of elections.
• This was an event for students to celebrate the wins or feel bad for the losses of the night.
Upcoming Projects and Events
CWU Lobby Day 2013
• Lobby Day will be on President's Day, Monday, February 18th.
• OLA's goal is take 100 students to Olympia to rally and lobby on the issues that matter to students.
• Some important issues this year are possible repeal of GET program, differential tuition, veteran's issues, voter access, and taxes on textbooks.
College Civics Week 2013
• A program that is in its 8th year, sponsored by the Secretary of State's Office.
• Will collaborate with the Center for Leadership and Community Engagement to put on various programs that showcase students' work in civic engagement activities.
• Also plan to invite local legislators to come and talk with students on the issues that matter to them.
• Other ideas are an outdoor concert, trivia night, and voter registration drives.
Institutionalizing Voter Registration on CWU
• Goal is provide access during Wildcat Welcome Weekend and Discover Orientations for freshman and transfer students to register to vote or change their address
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