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Texas AFT Legislative Hotline...
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Hotline Archives
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* Take Action: Nurse-Staffing Crisis in Texas Public Schools
* Correction of July 21 Hotline
Texas AFT's agenda for the next session of the Texas legislature starting in January will tackle everything from testing reform to employee pay and benefits to student discipline. More...
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| A Wrap-Up of AFT's 80th convention. More... |
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Read the Latest Texas Teacher
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Take Action! Stop the back-door attempt at private-school vouchers.
Commissioner of Education Robert Scott is trying to use a dropout prevention bill to fund private schools with public dollars. Tell your state representative and senator to stop Scott from usurping legislative authority with a back-door attempt at private-school vouchers.
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Support the Social Security Fairness Act!
Send a letter now to your representative and senators asking them to support the Social Security Fairness Act, which repeals two harmful retirement benefit offsets. (New Letter, April 8, 2008 ... If you sent a letter before this date, you can participate again.) More info...
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While Texas math standards score high in the report, other subject areas need improvement.
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SB 9 Background Checks ... Frequently Asked Questions
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Delegates to the 2008 AFT convention elected a new slate of national officers on July 14 in Chicago, voting to install Randi Weingarten as president, Antonia Cortese as secretary-treasurer and Lorretta Johnson as executive vice president.
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Take action with Texas AFT's online letter campaigns.
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Texas AFT's online resource and brochure help you navigate the latest changes to the Safe Schools Act.
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AFT's Resources for Paraprofessionals and School-Related Personnel (PSRPs)
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