Texas has become awash in dark money seeking to influence public education over the past several years. This dark money represents political and business agendas working to undermine our public schools and degrade the quality of public education in Texas and to advance privatization and vouchers.
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Texas has become awash in dark money seeking to influence public education over the past several years. This dark money represents political and business agendas working to undermine our public schools and degrade the quality of public education in Texas and to advance privatization and vouchers.
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Texas AFT regularly participates in coalition work with allies related to our legislative priorities; in the past week, we have had the chance to join our coalition partners at the Capitol for successful advocacy days.
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Over the past two weeks, President Joe Biden has made history with a quartet of substantive announcements intended to support workers, educators, and our environment. Support for UAW Striking Workers This Tuesday, Biden made history as the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line in support of striking...
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Texas has become awash in dark money seeking to influence public education over the past several years. This dark money represents political and business agendas working to undermine our public schools and degrade the quality of public education in Texas and to advance privatization and vouchers.
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Texas has become awash in dark money seeking to influence public education over the past several years. This dark money represents political and business agendas working to undermine our public schools and degrade the quality of public education in Texas and to advance privatization and vouchers.
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This past weekend, the Texas Senate voted to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton on all 16 articles of impeachment brought against him by the Texas House. Only two of 19 Republicans in the Senate voted to impeach Paxton on any of the articles. All 12 Democrats voted to impeach Paxton...
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Spring Branch ISD has taken a stand against the state’s chronic underfunding of our public schools; this month, its school board voted unanimously to withhold the recapture payment the state requires of property-wealthy school districts. While this move could result in state penalties, Spring Branch ISD officials have made a...
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The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Board of Trustees convened in Austin last week for its quarterly meeting. At the hearing, the board discussed the disbursal of one-time stipend checks for retirees 70 and older. These stipend payments are a component of Senate Bill 10 by Sen. Joan Huffman...
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Come And Take It: Get your yard sign at store.texasaft.org. All purchases act as a donation to our union’s political fund. On Aug. 31, Texas Judge Alan D. Albright issued a temporary injunction against House Bill 900. Known as The READER Act by Rep. Jared Patterson (R-Frisco), HB 900 is...
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The State Board for Educator Certification will meet next Friday, Sept. 29, in Austin. Texas AFT is carefully watching three items on the board’s agenda: Educator Preparation Programs For the last several months, the SBEC, along with the Texas Education Agency, have been engaged in a full reorganization of Texas...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 20, 2023 CONTACT: press@texasaft.org New poll of Texas school employees shows overwhelming concern about vouchers, disgust in Legislature’s inaction on funding Gov. Abbott continues his crusade for school privatization on a call with right-wing advocacy...
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