2025 HLAD and MEO Sessions Are Canceled

Due to the winter weather forecasted for much of South Carolina, the Hometown Legislative Action Day scheduled for January 21, 2025, and the Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government Session A, Session B, Advanced MEO and Advanced Continuing Education sessions scheduled for January 22, 2025, are all canceled.

The Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government sessions will be rescheduled for a later date. The MEO graduation will be held at the Annual Meeting, taking place on Hilton Head Island on July 16 – 20.

Registration fees will be refunded to the original payment methods. For those who have hotel reservations at the Hilton or Hampton Inn, your reservation will be canceled as part of the room block. All other hotel bookings will need to be canceled directly with the hotel.

Important notice: We will be completing maintenance work on the MEO on-demand courses from Monday, January 20, to Monday, January 27. 

• Any user may begin and finish their course before January 20.
• If you are currently "in-progress" with a course, you must complete your course by midnight on Sunday, January 19. Otherwise, you will lose all work completed thus far.
• If you have not yet started your course, and cannot finish by midnight on Sunday, January 19, you may wait to complete your course after the maintenance work is completed on Monday, January 27.  

All courses will reset to the beginning on Monday, January 27.  

The Municipal Elected Officials Institute consists of both in-person and online courses. Elected officials who complete all of the required coursework receive a certificate and graduate from the Institute.

Officials must complete seven required courses to graduate. Sessions A and B are full-day sessions and are offered in conjunction with the Municipal Association's Hometown Legislative Action Day held each February. Officials must take Session A before Session B.  

The five other required courses are offered at three different times during the year at the regionals councils of governments' locations. Officials may also take these required courses online.