The Washington State Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) is a 22-member council of 14-18 year-old students from across the state of Washington. Applications are reviewed by the Council and the final selection is conducted by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Students serve on the Council for two years. Half of the Council (eleven students) is replaced every year.

 

Meetings are held three to six times per year, usually every other month. The meetings typically take place in Olympia or the greater Seattle area, but the Council plans to expand meetings to other areas in the future.  Students are expected to attend all Council meetings and activities. Depending on the availability of funds, the Council will make every effort to reimburse youth for their travel expenses.  Occasionally meetings are planned during the school week, especially during session; so many students are asked to take a day off from school. Meetings are usually one day events, but there are occasional overnight meetings.

 

Outside of the scheduled meetings, Council members are asked to continue the Council's work by contacting legislators to advise on pending legislation, drafting letters and legislative reports, reaching out to other youth and community organizations, and participating in Council conference calls.

 

Once the application deadline passes, select Council members hold an Application Review Committee meeting where Council members review and score each application.  The Council may then choose to hold phone interviews with the finalists before making final recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor’s office.

 

Applications may be sent via mail, fax, or e-mail.  All applications must be postmarked by June 3, 2011 in order to be considered.  Please note that a teacher (or other adult in a supervisory role) must complete the attached evaluation to be turned in with your completed application.  If you have any questions, please contact the Council by emailing lyac@leg.wa.gov or by phone at (360)725-6351.

 

Thank you for your interest! We hope to meet you soon!

 

Sincerely,

Ryan Snell

 

For more info and an application, go to: http://lyac.leg.wa.gov/application.htm

 

 

From the Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (ReCAPP), this is an evidence-informed approach for schools, teachers and health educators (2009). Written by a team of experts including Doug Kirby and Nanette Ecker and published by UNESCO, Volume 1 focuses on the rationale for sexuality education and provides sound technical advice on the characteristics of effective programs. Go to http://www.etr.org/recapp/documents/programs/InterGuidanceSexualityEducation.pdf

 

 

These statistics were updated by the Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (ReCAPP), June 2009:

Contraceptive Use

Pregnancy and Birth

Sex Education

Sexual Activity

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Various Other Topics

 

Go to:  http://www.etr.org/recapp/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.statistics

 

 

Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/gender/spectrum.html

Mo Lewis, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center.

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