The role of the Legislative Affairs Department is to monitor the development of legislation related to education and youth issues under consideration by the Board of Education, the County Council, and the Maryland General Assembly, to propose positions on said issues, to draft testimony on said issues for presentation in the appropriate forums, and to coordinate MCJC lobbying and testimony efforts.  We also 

advise the President on procedural rules during all General Assembly and Executive Board meetings and maintain the General Assembly and Executive Board legislative chart.