The all-in-one platform for school board directors to track state legislation, mobilize advocacy, and drive local district performance.
Non-partisan by design. No lobbying agenda, no data resale.
In terms and courses of study, further providing for dates and times of school terms and sessions and commencement.
Introduced
In career and technical education, further providing for duty of secretary to report annually and for organization and operation of schools and institutes.
Introduced
Further providing for penalties.
Passed
In terms and courses of study, further providing for youth suicide awareness and prevention and providing for violence prevention and social isolation awareness.
Introduced
Target 80% · Q3 on track
Target 75% · Behind target
Target 92% · Met
Target 100% · Q3 of 4 complete
Built specifically for the unique governance needs of K–12 School Board Directors.
Thousands of bills a session; dozens that land on your district. The difference between reacting in June and shaping the language in February is knowing which is which.
Automated, plain-language monitoring of General Assembly bills affecting K–12 funding, curriculum, and operations.
Tag bills as Support, Oppose, or Monitor and document local fiscal impact against your own budget.
One-click representative lookup, pre-formatted position letters, and coordinated regional advocacy.
Already tracking the PA General Assembly, in full.
Browse it without an accountA board resolution nobody measures is a sentiment. The same dashboard that watches the capitol keeps your own priorities attached to a number and a date.
Set, track, and visualize multi-year board priorities, KPIs, and superintendent targets in one dashboard.
Structured quarterly and annual evaluation tools to assess district progress fairly and accurately.
Keep the board, superintendent, and administrative team on the same page with clear progress reports.
Most boards run legislative awareness on somebody's spreadsheet and governance on a portal built for agendas. Neither was built to connect the two.
| Capability | Board Advocate | Spreadsheets | Generic board portal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automated statehouse bill tracking Every bill in the session, synced from the official record |
Yes
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Manual searching
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Not a data source
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| Education-specific filtering By committee, subject and impact — not keyword luck |
Yes
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If you build it
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No
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| Plain-language bill summaries And an account of what each amendment changed |
Yes
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No
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No
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| Board positions and private notes Support, oppose or monitor, shared across the board |
Yes
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No audit trail
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Meeting notes only
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| Automatic alerts on movement Votes, amendments and committee referrals |
Yes
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No
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Agenda reminders
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| District goal and KPI tracking Multi-year board priorities with measurable targets |
Yes
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Untracked spreadsheets
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Document storage
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| Objective superintendent evaluation Structured quarterly and annual grading |
Yes
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Ad hoc forms
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Varies by vendor
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| Agendas, minutes and public meeting posting Board meeting administration |
Out of scope
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No
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Yes
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Board meeting administration — agendas, minutes and public posting — is deliberately out of scope. Your portal already does that well, and integrating beats duplicating it badly.
Join forward-thinking school boards using Board Advocate to stay informed, advocate effectively, and deliver results.
Currently free while PA is in session. Goal management is in active development.