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2023 KY LEGISLATIVE WEBSITE LINKS & KENTUCKY SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATIONS!

Kentucky Proud.  Social workers and students collaborating, networking, and empowering our profession across Kentucky.  Our voices.  Our vision. Be the change? We are the change!

We hope you enjoy this additional mini-Tool-Kit that will be updated each year in time to celebrate KY Social Work Lobby Day. As social workers and social work students, it is critical to become familiar with our legislative process in the classroom and in our communities and how it impacts Kentucky citizens.  Please take some time to review each link so you can become informed and active in Kentucky policy and advocacy.  We have made it easy to access the many different sections of the website simply by clicking ‘open hyperlink’ to explore everything you need to know about the legislative process.

We have also included links and information about social work associations in Kentucky, as well as links to BSW, ASWB. and CSWE. Please check out the KSWAN YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kentuckysocialworkadvocacy3808 because this is where you can find all of our taped virtual lobby day programs during the pandemic, as well as new additions on 2/22/23, March Social Work Month, and across 2023. Gratitude to Carrie Cole, MSSW, for creating this channel and recording the videos. KY Social Work Lobby Day is the perfect example of social workers and students working together to keep us engaged, educated, and empowered 365/24.

Please register for 2/22/23 Social Work Lobby Day/Rally in the Rotunda at 1pm:  https://forms.gle/8pagZJVQ9pxexzHr6 

Here are additional documents to download: Welcome and Lobby Day Tool Kit

July KY Legislative Meeting Pertaining to Social Work Education

Interim Joint Committee on Education Meeting

Agenda Tuesday, July 6, 2021 11:00 AM

Call to Order and Roll Call.

Approval of Minutes - June 1, 2021

2022 BR 69 - AN ACT relating to prohibited instruction and declaring an emergency. Matt Lockett, Representative District 394.

Perspectives on Critical Race Theory Dr. Jason Glass, Commissioner of Education Kentucky Department of Education Dr. Marty Pollio, Superintendent Jefferson County Public Schools Kelland Garland, Principal, Hebron Middle School, Bullitt County Kentucky Association of School Councils

Update on Jefferson County Public Schools Dr. Marty Pollio, Superintendent Jefferson County Public Schools

**In response to COVID-19, access to the Capitol Annex and the Capitol is closed to the public. Meetings can be viewed on Kentucky Education Television (KET): https://www.ket.org/legislature or on the LRC YouTube site: https://legislature.ky.gov/.../PIO/Pages/Live-Streams.aspx.