Topic: Together We Thrive

Election 2024 Spotlight: State Board of Education Endorsements

Publish Date: October 3, 2024

Endorsing in State Board of Education races is a critical piece of our political work at Texas AFT. Those who attend our Educating Texas series have heard us speak regularly about the importance of this often-overlooked body of elected officials and the impact their decisions have on the daily lives of our students and teachers. 

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House Public Education Committee Hears Interim Charges 

Publish Date: August 16, 2024

Legislative “Interim Charges”: What Are They and Why Do They Matter? The Texas Legislature meets once every two years for 140 days for its regular legislative session, during which the only bill it is required to pass and send to the governor’s desk to be signed into law is the budget for the next biennium.   We became all too familiar...

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