State Policy Network

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The State Policy Network is a professional service organization for the "state-based free market think tank movement." Its founding chairman was Thomas A. Roe, who died in 2000. He was succeeded by Gaylord K. Swim, who died in 2005. The current board members are listed below. [1]

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Mission

The mission of SPN, according to its May 2006 newsletter, is "to provide strategic assistance to independent research organizations devoted to discovering and developing market-oriented solutions to state and local public policy issues." [2]

Principal staff (as of June 2006)

[3]

Board of Directors (as of June 2006)

[4]

Publications

SPN news

SPN News publishes six times a year. [5]

Policy exchange

[6]

Think tank toolkit

[7]

Annual meeting and K-12 education and reform summit

SPN will offer policy mobilization networks and leadership development. It is co-sponsoring the summit with the Alliance for School Choice and the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation. Summit partners include the Agudath Israel of Illinois, Black Alliance for Educational Options, The Center for Education Reform, the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Parent's in Charge Foundation and School Choice Wisconsin. The SPN reserves the right to "refuse admittance to private events."[8]

Members

Associate members

State chapters

  • California
  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Michigan
  • Vermont
  • North Carolina
  • Oregon
  • Texas
  • Washington State
  • Wisconsin
  • Oklahoma
  • South Carolina
  • Virginia
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Kansas
  • Pennsylvania
  • Iowa
  • Maryland
  • Montana
  • Nevada
  • Ohio
  • Oregon

Other organizations in its directory

Reference

Organizatonal website, accessed June 9,2006. All footnotes refer to pages within the site.

Contact details

State Policy Network
PO Box 5208
Richmond, CA 94805-5208
Phone: 510-965-9700
Fax: 510-965-9701
Email: info AT spn.org
Web: http://www.spn.org/

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