New-look legislature opens 2019 session
This year's legislative session began Wednesday in Albany with a lot of new faces who are pro-education. The governor's executive budget proposal on Tuesday will kick off the fiscal fighting in earnest. Incoming Senate Education Chair Shelley Mayer, D-Yonkers, calls for "a substantial additional investment in public education" and plans to quickly address APPR reform. The Assembly has plans to take up APPR in the third week of session.
We are all LA! Wear Red for Ed
As members of the United Teachers Los Angeles take a stand to confront austerity and fight for the conditions they and their students need, we all need to stand with them, said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta.
The UTLA could go out on strike as soon as Monday while union leaders are making a last-ditch attempt to get district officials to engage in real bargaining. Educators are fighting for every child in the city to have a safe and welcoming place for learning. Wear "Red For Ed" Monday in solidarity!
"We must show solidarity with our colleagues in L.A.," Pallotta said. "Indeed, we are all L.A." (Above, members of New Rochelle FUSE.)
Free NYSUT poster honors Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights leader
Celebrate Black History Month in February with NYSUT's free poster highlighting civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer. Hamer (1917-1977) was a civil, voting and women's rights activist who co-founded and vice-chaired the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which challenged the all-white Mississippi delegation's efforts to block African-American participation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
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- Let DeVos know what you think of proposed Title IX changes.
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- The next Take a Look at Teaching summit is slated for Jan. 24 in Western New York.
- Check out this professional development offer in the winter edition of NYSUT's SRP NewsLink.
- NYSUT Member Benefits launches its 2019 Member Appreciation Month Feb. 1. Daily prize drawings will be held; you must be a MAP Alert member to be eligible.
- NYSUT Member Benefits has created publications and programs to help members better understand their 403(b)1 tax-deferred annuity or 403(b)7 custodial accounts. Here's more.
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