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  Support Amendments for a Fair Deal on TRS Benefits!

  Charter Expansion--Fix It or Nix It!

  Tell the Texas House: Don’t Sell Out Our Neighborhood Schools

  Parents Need to Know If a School Nurse is Not Available

  Expand Health-Care Access for Adjunct Faculty at Community Colleges

  "Parent Trigger" = "Parent Tricker"—Don’t Let Your State Representative Be Fooled

  Block SB 218—Made-to-Order Vehicle for Attacks against Neighborhood Schools

  Fight Back Against the Attack on Public Education!

  Urge Lawmakers to Stop Wasting Time on Private-School Voucher Bills!

  Reform of the Current State Testing System

  (You can also sign AFT's national petition for "Learning is More than a Test Score here.)

  Restore Funding for Tuition Exemption for Educational Aides

  Protect Our Pensions!
You can learn more about pension issues here. Send a letter to your representative and senator here.

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AFT Launches New Elections Matter Website

Every day, educators and other public employees, and the services they provide our communities, are being attacked. From challenging collective bargaining rights, to undermining the quality of public education and higher education, to decimating pensions and trying to put healthcare coverage further out of reach, working men and women across the country are under assault. And if this has taught us one thing, it's that Elections Matter.

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Protect Our Pensions!

Learn more aboout proposed changes to TRS and other public employee pensions, and take action to ensure we keep secure, defined benefits.

 

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Visit the AFT Legislative Action Center

Make your views known to those in Congress and state legislatures who represent you on the issues that affect working families every day.  Click here to visit the AFT's Legislative Action Center.

Support the Social Security Fairness Act!

Send a letter now!    Find out more about the Social Security Fairness Act, which repeals two harmful retirement benefit offsets.  More info... 

Notable Laws Enacted in the 81st Regular Legislative Session

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