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bullet Action Alert: Call Congress Now in Support of a Real Health-Care Reform Bill--H.R. 3962! Read...
bullet Call Congress Tomorrow for Real Health-Care Reform! School-Board Election Results Show Impact of Texas AFT Members; State Ed Chief Claims He's Lifting Cap on Charter Schools: A Reality Check Read...
bullet Big Win: Union's Legal Action Under Fair Labor Standards Act Delivers Back Pay for School Employees in San Antonio ISD Read...
bullet Make Your Voice Heard for Real Health-Care Reform: Call Congress, Toll-Free, Nov 5; Rally for Health-Care Reform at State Capitol, Sat, Nov 14 Read...
bullet Comments Lauding "Highly Qualified" Determination from Feds Miss the Mark Read...

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July Texas Teacher
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Notable Laws Enacted in the 81st Regular Legislative Session

A detailed analysis of laws affecting public education and educators. Download the report here (PDF).

Read the Latest Texas Teacher
Read the July Texas Teacher Magazine (PDF, 2.8 MB)
July Texas Teacher

Support the Social Security Fairness Act!
Send a letter now to your representative and senators asking them to support the new Social Security Fairness Act, which repeals two harmful retirement benefit offsets.  More info...
Important information on workplace issues surrounding the flu outbreak.
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Find out how you can help ensure parents receive notification if a campus does not have a nurse on duty full-time.

Read more about the issues, download an advocacy toolkit and send an online letter to your state legislators.

Read the news release from Texas AFT President Linda Bridges on a letter from TEA outlining the possibility of requiring some elementar teachers to take the generalist certification exam.

The AFT announced the first recipients of the AFT Innovation Fund grants for education initiatives in which teacher unions and their partners will push the envelope to improve schools, teaching and learning in exciting, new ways at an Oct. 8 press conference at AFT headquarters.

QuEST 2009 Highlights
Highlights from the recently concluded 2009 AFT QuEST conference in Washington, D.C., included AFT president Randi Weingarten's keynote address, a town hall meeting with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, a panel on community schools and remarks from U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. Daily updates from the conference, as well as video highlights, can be found on the AFT's QuEST 2009 Web site.
United We Serve bannerOn June 22, President Obama announced a nationwide service initiative, United We Serve, which is the beginning of a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to meet community needs and make service a way of life for all Americans.

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