The CNMI Public School System may soon bring in an expert that will primarily assist the system in working on legislative matters.<\/p>\n
This after the PSS and the Board of Education announced last week that they are soliciting competitive sealed proposals from individuals or firms interested in becoming a \u201clegislative consultant\u201d for PSS.<\/p>\n
BOE chair Herman T. Guerrero told Saipan Tribune Friday that the decision to tap the services of a legislative consultant for public schools is to ensure that PSS concerns on specific legislation and other related matters are properly conveyed to lawmakers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have so much things to do at the board and certainly we need assistance. Board members don\u2019t get compensation and a lot of times we\u2019re going around. But we\u2019re doing all this for our students. By getting onboard a legislative consultant, it will be a great help to us and the PSS,\u201d Guerrero explained.<\/p>\n
The board has a standing committee on legislative matters, chaired by board vice chair Lucy Blanco-Maratita. According to Guerrero, the hiring of a legislative consultant will not conflict with the work of this panel.<\/p>\n
The proposed consultant, once hired, will be under the supervision and authority of the Commissioner of Education, Dr. Rita A. Sablan.<\/p>\n
Guerrero explained some specific tasks of the new consultant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to figure out how we can talk more on one-to-one basis to our lawmakers to get something moved and accomplished within the Legislature. And that\u2019s basically the task we\u2019re expecting from the consultant,\u201d said Guerrero.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that PSS comments on some pending bills were ignored in the past. \u201cThey [lawmakers] request comments and they usually ignore it and it\u2019s frustrating on our part. We provided PSS\u2019 comments and they just do the opposite,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Guerrero said he personally support Sablan\u2019s decision to tap a consultancy service on legislative issues so that someone can focus on each and every legislation that will impact public schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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