National PTA has a rich heritage of Advocacy making a difference for the education, health, and welfare of children and youth. The link to the National PTA Advocacy page is http://www.pta.org/advocacy/.

Topics that are being actively advocated for at the National level are:

• Elementary and Secondary Education
• Special Education
• Federal Investments in Education
• Early Learning and Childhood Education
• Child Health and Safety
• Gun Safety and Violence Prevention
• Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Education Technology and Student Data Privacy
• Postsecondary Access and Opportunity

The National PTA Public Policy Agenda and its Executive Brief for the current Congress can be found at the links below:

English: 2016 Executive Summary (PDF, 2MB)

En Español: 2016 Executive Summary En Español (PDF, 3.3MB)

2016 Public Policy Agenda (PDF, 9.5MB)