Public Policy Memorandum: Ensuring Safe and Nurturing Education Environments

Students, your second Memorandum assignment below is detailed.
1) You must once again use the Harvard policy memorandum format (the "structure of policy memorandums") which is the same resource that was required for memo number one. Please also review my "Discussion" posting on Saturday July 29; and my July 29 "Announcement."
2) your memo is to be addressed to:
Honorable Kevin McCarthy
Speaker of the House of Representatives
The United States Capitol
Washington, DC
OR your memo can be addressed to :
Hnorable Phillip Murphy,
Governor of the State of New Jersey
add the full addrss
From---insert your name
Date:
Subject/Issue
3) 4-5 double spaced pages--free of typos, grammar issues (please once again review the resource on professional writing posted on Canvas)
Good morning students, the assignment for public policy memorandum number two is open on Canvas "Assignments." {Again, please use the six sub-headings contained in the Harvard "Structure for Writing Policy Memos" as your required template).
Personally, I have been fortunate over many years to have prepared public policy memorandum and other policy documents for governors members of legislative bodies, and presidents of the United States. These documents were submitted either under my signature or under the signatures of a senior government officials (or external key public policy influencers}.
Regardless of political party, or left leaning/ right leaning government officials, I have worked within administrations of all types of political viewpoints. One thing that is constant among administrations---policy proposals are a serious method of driving public policies for executive branch administrations.
The specific format and styles may differ, but fundamentally the utilization and purpose remain the same. Executive leaders require papers that have the characteristics from among the following key elements:
1) "Clean" of any and all errors--no exceptions
2) Policy proposals submitted for consideration by senior leaders must be worthy of their office---the public policy issues should rise to the occasion that warrants the attention of a governor; speaker of the house, and certainly the president's personal attention.
3) policy memos must be reflective of compelling public policy interest; and well vetted among other advisors
4) Budgetary implications, if there are any, are extremely important to hammer out so that the executive can decide on it's prioritization
5) The policy memo needs to "grasp" for the executive what is compelling, and why they should be personally engaged
6) Who within the public policy milieu are supporting, opposing, or just "going sideways" on the issue (wavering or sitting on the fence)
7) Executives don't want un- chartered personal theories but rather they are seeking "winners" and usually short-to mid-term successes.
8) If your policy proposal is a longer-term structural issue, it would typically require key elements of support already on board,or at least leaning in that direction .
9) THE "PUBLIC'S" INTEREST IS ALWAYS OF CONCERN! Especially if there is a majority, or even supper majority of constituents who would be positively impacted by the proposal; conversely, should the proposal have a projected negative impact--such proposals would require extremely well thought out rationale (economic & political calculus; as well as other compelling factors)
10) Being blindsided due to major holes in your policy recommendation ---is not a place that staff want to find themselves. An advisor would need to research, contemplate, conduct vetting with responsible "thinkers" inside and outside of government ( friends of the president and opponents), before writing the memo. Again, bottom-line is this public policy issue Presidential""?
students are required to use the Harvard "Structure of the Policy Memo" outline. As you know this resource is posted on Canvas "Files." You are NOT required to use any other instructions (and you are NOT required to use any specific examples referenced in the Harvard resource materials---which is why you are not able to access that information). You are to use the Harvard outline below--only (as previously identified in multiple instructions).
Harvard Structure of the Policy Memo (please go to your "Files" link for the full description of these six memo outline elements)--use the bullet points embedded in each of the six parts of the Harvard template)
1) Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) explanation of the problem or issue
2) Explanation of the pros and cons of the policy areas or issues
3) Explanation of the Recommendations
4) Implementation or Next Steps
5)Conclusion
6) Annexes (attach a chart, graph, table, or brie supplemental data