Members actively took part in Orange Maroon Legislative day on March 3 in Austin, TX. Orange Maroon Legislative Day is a symbolic gesture of University of Texas and Texas A&M to come together for a single common cause - long term and sustainable funding for both Universities. Alumni from both UT and Texas A&M also attended in order to increase and show their support for Texas's higher education system, particularly University of Texas and Texas A&M University.

On February 9, 2009, SBP Mark Gold traveled to Austin to speak on behalf of Texas A&M students and testify on the financial needs of the university. This is the first of many trips that Legislative Relations and student leaders will take to ensure that the voice of A&M students are heard in Austin.

To view Mark's testimony, visit http://www.senate.state.tx.us/avarchive/
and click on Senate Finance, Feb.9 - Part II.

Welcome to the lobbying arm of the Student Government Association. Our goal is to effectively communicate the needs of Texas A&M students to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the state and federal legislatures, and other relevant governing bodies that affect education policy.

Over the course of this year, LR hopes to actively pursue the passage of higher education legislation in the Texas Legislature that will provide tuition relief and college affordability to all students.

Thank you to the LR Team for all of your hard work and dedication in making this summit a huge success! We had students represented from over 13 universities and all were very pleased with the informative and engaging conference that took place. Issues of higher education were discussed and tuition relief, tax-free textbooks, and student regent issues were all addressed at the conference.  Again, thanks to everyone who helped in making this conference significant to Texas' students.

81st Session of the Texas Legislature
January-May 2009