{"id":1286,"date":"2024-05-31T18:44:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acteiowa.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=1286"},"modified":"2025-03-28T18:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:01:47","slug":"advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"    <style>\r\n      #row-block_94a491ccc5152bb45992634913d1ee89.blog-banner.v2.blue-bg::before {\r\n          content: \"\";\r\n          background: #2a5caa;\r\n      }\r\n    <\/style>\r\n    <section id=\"row-block_94a491ccc5152bb45992634913d1ee89\" class=\"blog-banner v2 blue-bg\">\r\n    <div class=\"content-area \">\r\n    <h1 class=\"width800\">Advocacy<\/h1>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n  \n\n  <style>\r\n    body blockquote::before {\r\n        background: #52247f;\r\n    }\r\n  <\/style>\r\n  \t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t\t#row-block_2932c662a877a57662732a06954a2e79.wysiwyg-1col {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom:-30px;\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t@media (max-width: 991.98px) {\n\t\t\t\t\t#row-block_2932c662a877a57662732a06954a2e79.wysiwyg-1col {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom:-15px;\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t  <section id=\"row-block_2932c662a877a57662732a06954a2e79\" class=\"wysiwyg-1col\">\r\n    <div class=\"content-area\">\r\n      <p>Do you know and regularly communicate with your state and federal legislators? Do you monitor and advocate for legislation that is critical or detrimental to career and technical education? IACTE wants to link you to key legislative initiatives at the state and national levels:<\/p>\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n  \n\n\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t\t#row-who_we_are-block_b7a5189a8e98ff5f101b866fc9541dd4.featured-events.three_box_new {\n\t\t\t\t\tpadding-top:-50px;\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t@media (max-width: 991.98px) {\n\t\t\t\t\t#row-who_we_are-block_b7a5189a8e98ff5f101b866fc9541dd4.featured-events.three_box_new {\n\t\t\t\t\tpadding-top:-25px;\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t<section id=\"row-who_we_are-block_b7a5189a8e98ff5f101b866fc9541dd4\" class=\"featured-events three_box_new\">\r\n  <div class=\"content-area\">\r\n          <div class=\"fe-boxes\">\r\n                    <div class=\"fe-box\">\r\n                              <div class=\"image-area\">\r\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/iStock-2173947599-1.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/iStock-2173947599-1.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"text-area\">\r\n                  <div class=\"left-area\">\r\n                                          <h5>Activities<\/h5>\r\n                                        <p>Iowa ACTE advocates for Career and Technical Education through local and national engagement. Learn how we\u2019re driving change\u2014from CTE Day at the Capitol to national seminars\u2014and how you can get involved.<\/p>\n\r\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/resources\/#section-activities\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" target=\"_self\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n                                      <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                          <\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"fe-box\">\r\n                              <div class=\"image-area\">\r\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/iStock-1436135942-1.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/iStock-1436135942-1.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"text-area\">\r\n                  <div class=\"left-area\">\r\n                                          <h5>Engage with Legislative Process<\/h5>\r\n                                        <p>Stay informed and engaged in CTE advocacy. Explore resources to track Iowa and federal legislation, sign up for updates and alerts, and learn how you can support policies that impact CTE programs and students.<\/p>\n\r\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/resources\/#section-engage-with-legislative-process\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" target=\"_self\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n                                      <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                          <\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"fe-box\">\r\n                              <div class=\"image-area\">\r\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/iStock-1488318014-1.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/iStock-1488318014-1.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"text-area\">\r\n                  <div class=\"left-area\">\r\n                                          <h5>Contact your Legislators<\/h5>\r\n                                        <p>Your voice matters! Connect with state and federal legislators to share the impact of CTE and help shape policies. Find contact info and tips for writing to lawmakers.<\/p>\n\r\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/resources\/#section-contact-your-legislators\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" target=\"_self\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n                                      <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                          <\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1286","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Advocacy - Iowa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acteonline.org\/iowa\/advocacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Advocacy - 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