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Early voting for Primary Election

Early voting for the Texas Primary Election starts Tuesday and runs through Friday, February 28, for the March 3 election. Check our Election 2020 page​ for Texas AFT candidate endorsements and links to all the information you need to know for voting.

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Guidelines on what’s allowable as school employees in election matters

While Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a history of trying to suppress participation in elections and threatening school districts for supposed “electioneering,” it still behooves all educators to know the rules around what’s allowed in election matters at your workplace.

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Duty-Free Lunch Rights

As testing season approaches, an oft-asked question is: “Can my principal make me skip my duty-free lunches for student supervision during STAAR administration?”

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Charter school applications to face scrutiny

The Texas Education Agency is preparing its system to evaluate new charter-school applicants and expansion of existing charters, and Texas AFT will be scrutinizing that process at every step.

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The Latest

State senators grill TRS officials on lease plan

Publish Date: February 28, 2020 1:42 pm

Senators Jane Nelson and John Whitmire in the Senate Finance Committee Hearing The state Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. The hearing...

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Legislative Hotline

February 28, 2020: Early voting, TRS news, and teachers wielding power at the Legislature

Publish Date: February 28, 2020 4:11 pm

  Legislative Hotline Early voting ends today for Tuesday Primary Election Conferences train campus leaders to build power TRS says it will save millions on new health administrators, assures members...

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Who We Serve

PreK-12

Texas AFT actively works to better the profession of educators by promoting effective public education policy and laws to help improve the pay and working conditions of our teachers, nurses, counselors and other professionals. Check here for resources on professional development, employee rights and education news.

Higher Education

Texas AFT is actively organizing new higher-education locals in the state. Read more about our efforts and our newest locals.

Support Professionals

Members of the Houston Educational Support Personnel, an affiliate of Texas AFT, are celebrating a hard-won victory against privatization in how their school district's food service program is managed.

Share My Lesson

Find the right K-12 lesson plans--for free. Share My Lesson offers free lesson plans, teacher resources and classroom activities created by dedicated educators.

American Federation of Teachers

The American Federation of Teachers, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, was founded in 1916 and today represents 1.6 million members in more than 3,000 local affiliates nationwide. Read more about our national affiliate and discover a host of resources available for your profession.

Texas AFT Proud

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Texas AFT represents all non-administrative certified and classified public school employees. We represent the interests of teachers, counselors, librarians, diagnosticians, custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, nurses, teaching assistants, clerical employees, and the other men and women who work so hard to make our schools work. We also represent employees in universities, colleges and community and junior colleges.

Texas AFT is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers and AFL-CIO. Photographs and illustrations, as well as text, cannot be used without permission from the AFT.



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