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Sugar Land, TX August 25, 2009
After winning a guaranteed pay raise for teachers during the legislative session, the Fort Bend Employee Federation successfully lobbied the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees to approve an approximate 2% raise for non-teaching staff and voted to reject an increase in monthly insurance premiums for all employees. Here is the story.
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Read the following story from Diane Tezeno of The Fort Bend Sun detailing the Board of Trustees debate about adopting the 2009-2010 FBISD Budget on Tuesday, August 25, 2009. |
After presentations by representatives of the Fort Bend Employee Federation and heated debate among Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees members, the board went on to adopt a budget for the 2009-2010 school year that included raises for teachers, paraprofessionals and classified employees.
Includes Transcripts of Presentations |
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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. |
 On 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. |
Because of the exploding popularity of social networking sites, the Fort Bend Employee Federation has decided to join Facebook. We are excited about joining the Facebook community and hope that you will add us as a friend so we can keep updated on current events and issues.
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Register for the Educator-To-Voter Project
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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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Fort Bend Employee Federation has assembled a list of valuable resources for use by members in class or on the job. Links are added on a regular basis by the staff and membership. Come see what's available. |
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Visit the Texas AFT Legislative Action Center
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Sign up for the daily Legislative Hotline and Action Alerts…find out who your elected officials are on the state and national levels.
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