Public Policy & Legal Affairs
Public Policy and Advocacy Summit September 15-17, 2025
PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY
SUMMIT 2025
Join us in Washington, D.C.! Our annual Public Policy and Advocacy Summit will be held in Washington, D.C., September 15-17. This year's special professional development summit will include panel discussions on important legislative issues, special guest speakers, and so much more.
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ACSI identifies, analyzes, and works with a broad array of legal, regulatory, and legislative issues. The team is led by P. George Tryfiates, Vice President for Public Policy & Legal Affairs, located outside Washington, D.C. and responsible for policy matters with a focus on federal issues. Philip Scott, Vice President for Legal Affairs, also outside Washington, D.C., handles legal and legislative matters, including helping schools navigate legal questions. The team is joined by Dr. Jay McCurry, National Director for State Advocacy, based in Oklahoma, who is responsible for equipping heads of schools to engage in state-level policy in their state capitals. Rebecca VanDeMark, Public Policy & Legal Affairs Specialist is in upstate New York; she assists with school ministry, writing, research and connecting the department with the wider ACSI community.
The PPLA Team hosts an annual Public Policy and Advocacy Summit held in Washington, D.C. and produces the Legal Legislative Update, a publication that is mailed to member schools three times annually. PPLA’s Key 16 Prayer Card is a popular resource to help school leaders, teachers, students, and school communities pray for those in civil authority. ACSI’s Legal Defense Reimbursement Program (LDRP) is an outstanding resources that gives schools access to discounted legal consultation.
ACSI tracks U.S. federal and state legislative efforts that have the potential to impact your school.
ACSI urges Christian schools to be proactive to protect a space for Christian education and further its goals both nationally and internationally. Follow legislation, key court cases, media and public events.
The Public Policy & Legal Affairs Department has collected nearly 400 articles, checklists, and templates for member school use.
This is a member benefit resource.
The LLU is a trade journal dedicated to legal and legislative issues concerning non-profit religious education and its related subtopics, with an emphasis in K–12 education.
Check out a sample issue
Legal Legislative Update (LLU)
(This is a member benefit resource)
ACSI has consistently looked for opportunities to assist member schools with practical, affordable services. As a result of seeing member schools face various legal actions involving employees or students, ACSI developed the Legal Defense Reimbursement Program.
Watch this video to learn how the Public Policy and Legal Affairs team helped Johnstown Christian School in Pennsylvania.