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Action Alert: Tell the Governor to Accept Federal Aid!
With a new school year beginning for our budget-squeezed school districts and more education job losses looming, Gov. Rick Perry is threatening to jeopardize the $830 million in federal aid for Texas public schools that Congress passed on August 10. Send an online letter now telling Rick Perry: No Excuses, Governor–For the Sake of Our Schoolchildren, Accept Federal Education-Jobs Aid |
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Education News from the Texas AFT Legislative Hotline
Testing Experts Say It’s a Serious Mistake to Make Standardized Test Scores a Dominant Factor in Teacher Evaluation 
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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... |
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives interrupted their summer recess for a special one-day session on Aug. 10 to pass a $26 billion funding package that will save thousands of educators' jobs and help states maintain vital public services. The 247-161 vote in the House, along with last week's vote in the Senate, is "the ultimate indication of who's for kids and who isn't," says AFT president Randi Weingarten.
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