Recent proposed legislation to change the public school funding formula has not taken the social work profession into account. There has been a lack of participation from professional associations in creating this legislation--critical legislation that enables school districts to determine what ancillary school support staff they will or will not hire. To make their case to the legislature, school social workers will have to show accountability. School social workers believe they do make a difference and are effective, as evidenced in this research study, which investigated the degree to which a small sample of New Mexico school social workers believed they were effective and the degree to which they were engaged in evaluating their effectiveness. Results suggest that the challenge is to take the data collected by school social workers and translate them into accountability to sell the need for their services to the legislature. (Contains 3 tables.)