The next meeting of the Oklahoma Central Parent Legislative Action Committee will be 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the Edmond Public  Schools Administration Building, 1001 W. Danforth Rd.

The nonpartisan group has the goal of increasing parent and community awareness about legislative issues impacting public education in Oklahoma. They encourage all parents and patrons from the metro area school districts to attend its fourth meeting of the 2013-2014 school year.

The topic for the upcoming meeting is the Oklahoma Legislature’s funding of education and will feature panelists Sen. Clark Jolley, chair of the Appropriations Committee and member of the Education Committee for the Oklahoma Senate, Sen. Susan Paddock, member of the Appropriations Committee and it’s Subcommittee for Education, Rep. Scott Martin, Chair of the Appropriations and Budget Committee for the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Rep. Scott Inman, the Democratic Minority Leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

A Parent Day at the State Capitol has been scheduled for Feb. 10.  The next official PLAC meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4, in Norman (exact location is TBD).

There is a great deal more PLAC information on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OKCentralPLAC.