Services & Focus

  • Annual leadership training and networking conference for local school boards – planning is underway for the Spring 2023 inaugural conference
  • COSSBA Association Leadership and Executives Symposium – held in January for incoming state board presidents, presidents-elect, and state executives for leadership training and networking
  • COSSBA Federal Advocacy Conference – held each Fall in Washington DC
  • Staff Collaboration Network: communications, search services, execs, government affairs, technology, legal, equity, policy services, ed trainers
  • Centralized repository of resources for use by state associations
  • Federal legal advocacy & tracking
  • Federal legislative tracking & issues advocacy
  • State Legal Alliance – external/ association school lawyers
  • Urban Schools Alliance – focus on issues and resources to support challenges that schools face
  • Professional development and networking for state association officers and leadership