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E-Commerce / Scott P. Plotkin Scholarship for Public Policy

Scott P. Plotkin joined the California School Boards Association as Executive Director in October 2001, bringing to the position more than 20 years experience with national, state, and local educational issues affecting both K-12 schools and higher education. Plotkin provides executive leadership for the association, which represents and serves the elected and appointed members of the governing boards of the 1,028 school districts and county offices of education in California. He served as the association's president in 1992.

Before becoming Executive Director of CSBA, Plotkin, served five years as chief consultant and staff director for the Senate Committee on Education, providing policy and fiscal advice, analysis, and guidance on education matters to members of the state Senate. In order to serve in this capacity during several legislative sessions since 1997, Plotkin was on leave as Director of the Office of Governmental Affairs of the 23-campus California State University system, a Sacramento- based position that gave him substantial insight and experience into the workings of the California Legislature and state's executive departments.

An elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Rio Linda Union Elementary School District in Sacramento County from 1981 to 2001, Plotkin served as president of the Sacramento County School Boards Association from 1985-1988. He has been a guest lecturer on state and local government and the legislative process at several CSU campuses and has been a frequent speaker and panelist at CSBA and National School Boards Association conferences. Plotkin represented California school boards on the Board of Directors of WestEd, formerly the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. Plotkin also represented the National School Boards Association on the Board of Examiners for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, where he was also appointed to their Appeals Board.

Plotkin has also served his local community as a member of the Private Industry Council, the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency and the North Highlands and Rio Linda/Elverta Chambers of Commerce. He has also served as a member of the Jewish Federation of Sacramento, Common Cause of California, the CORO Foundation and KVIE Public Television, Channel 6 in Sacramento.

http://www.csba.org/AboutCSBA/AboutCSBA/ExecutiveDirector.aspx


	Summary of Scholarship Public policy is the body of fundamental principles that underpin the operation of legal systems in each state. This addresses the social, moral and economic values that tie a society together: values that vary in different cultures and change over time. Law regulates behaviour either to reinforce existing social expectations or to encourage constructive change, and laws are most likely to be effective when they are consistent with the most generally accepted societal norms and reflect the collective morality of society. A judge should always consider the underlying policies to determine whether a rule should be applied to a specific factual dispute. If laws are applied too strictly and mechanically, the law cannot keep pace with social innovation. Similarly, if there is an entirely new situation, a return to the policies forming the basic assumptions underpinning potentially relevant rules of law, identifies the best guidelines for resolving the immediate dispute. Over time, these policies evolve, becoming more clearly defined and more deeply embedded in the legal system. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_policy_(law)) This scholarship of $2,000 will be awarded to 3 students wishing to study public policy or pursue careers in public policy.

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Recent Recipients

Kara McCormick Class 2009 College: Georgetown University Major: Public Policy	Sean Riley Class 2009 College: University of Maryland Major: Environmental Policy
Adam Havens Class 2009 College: George Mason University Major: Public Policy

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	Scholarship Details Amount: $2,000 Deadline(s): March 1 Field(s): public policy Number of Awards: 3 Renewable: No Duration: 1 year Eligibility/Requirements: high school junior or senior, 2 letters of recommendation, financial need Contact Details: Ross Edwards 555-515-9292 Application(s): Public Policy Scholar.pdf