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Topic: Higher Education

July 22, 2022: AFT and Texas Democratic Convention Recap, TX Ledge Report on Uvalde

Publish Date: July 22, 2022

Text says, "Summer School is in session! Join us for the launch of our statewide campaign for Respect."

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July 15, 2022: Our Statewide Endorsements; the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; and Student Debt Relief Clinics

Publish Date: July 15, 2022

Texas A-F-T endorsed candidates for statewide office: Beto O'Rourke for governor; Mike Collier for lieutenant governor; Rochelle Garza for attorney general; Janet T Dudding for comptroller; Jay Kleberg for land commissioner; Susan Hays for agriculture commissioner; and Luke Warford for railroad commissioner.

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Register for Texas AFT’s Student Debt Relief Clinics This Summer

Publish Date: July 15, 2022

Text says, "Student Debt Relief. Texas A-F-T Resources that Save You Money."

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Supreme Court Delivers More Decisions Impacting Education

Publish Date: July 1, 2022

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November 19, 2021: Members save thousands erasing student loan debt; Locals in high gear with vaccine clinics; Vote in HISD race

Publish Date: November 19, 2021

Children wearing face masks choose books from a Socorro A-F-T table at a vaccine clinic.

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Local Leader Spotlight: John Burghduff, President of AFT-Lone Star College

Publish Date: June 30, 2021

A large group of people pose for a photo, some standing and some kneeling. All wear matching blue union T-shirts.

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Texas AFT Higher Education Committee Explores the Intersection of Immigration and Education

Publish Date: June 9, 2021

Screenshot of presentation on Zoom. Presenter is Julieta Garibay. Slide text says, "What immigration means to Texas. 4 million six hundred and seventy one thousand and two hundred and ninety five immigrants make up seventeen percent of the state's population.

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‘I knew I needed an education’: Member’s daughter earns free degree with union benefit

Publish Date: May 28, 2021

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Legislative updates: Week of March 1

Publish Date: March 5, 2021

Looking upward into the Texas State Capitol dome.

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Education agencies urge state budget officials to restore funding after cuts this year

Publish Date: November 5, 2020

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Texas AFT partners with Texas A&M Commerce for free tuition for graduating high school students

Publish Date: October 30, 2020

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Meeting October 2020: Rule changes to note

Publish Date: October 23, 2020

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

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