This booklet is designed for education association leaders for use (a) in providing sole leadership in forming citizen committees when school boards or administrators refuse to permit or encourage citizen participation, or (b) in offering guidelines to the school board or administrators in establishing effective citizen committees. The booklet is divided into the following sections: "Start with a Purpose," i.e., improve the schools; "Forming the Committee"; "Needed: Teacher Participation"; "Setting Goals, Functions of Committee"; "Planning and the Timetable"; "Some Precautions"; "Committee Study Areas"; "Reporting the Results"; "Publicizing Committee Work"; "Paying the Bills"; and "The Benefits." (JA)