The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is a

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private association that represents

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and

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boards of education. Founded in 1958, the association initially met in conjunction with the annual conference of the

National School Boards Association The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is a nonprofit organization, nonprofit educational organization operating as a federation of state associations of school boards across the United States. Founded in 1940, NSBA represents state school ...

, but by 1960, it was meeting on its own and had an office in

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. The association's principal objectives, stated in the

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, are to strengthen state leadership in education policy-making, promote excellence in the education of all students, advocate equality of access to educational opportunity, and assure responsible lay governance of

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. The NASBE now has its headquarters in

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.What is NASBE? from the organization's website.
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NASBE
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