Nancy M. LaCasse

As a Director of Legislative Services for SSC, Nancy M. LaCasse serves as the liaison between the State Capitol and school districts and county offices of education throughout California on legislative issues and trends affecting K-12 education. She provides comprehensive legislative advocacy services on behalf of SSC legislative clients and regularly consults with school agencies on state budget and legislative issues.

Nancy is responsible for analyzing legislation that has a potential financial impact or significant policy impact on educational agencies. She also monitors and reports on the activities and actions of the State Legislature, as well as a wide range of school finance issues. She is a regular contributor to SSC's biweekly Fiscal Report and other SSC publications. She is the author of the book, Impacting the Legislative Process: A Practical Guide for Public Education Representatives, aimed at assisting school agencies understand and participate in the legislative process. In addition, she wrote The Opportunity and Challenge of 1993--Establishment of Charter Schools, and is a contributor and presenter at SSC's annual School Finance Conferences.

With SSC since 1982, Nancy previously served as SSC's Legislative Coordinator where she was responsible for directing activities of the firm's legislative department and providing backup assistance to SSC's Legislative Directors.

A native Californian, Nancy was educated in K-14 public schools and attended California State University, Sacramento, and the University of California, Davis. She is married and the mother of three sons enrolled in public schools. She is an active local School Site Council member, an associate member of the California Association of School Business Officials, a member of the California Elected Women's Association for Education and Research, and a member of various other educational and philanthropic organizations.