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Legislative Lineup for 2009 Now Set...AND...AFT Survey on Student Discipline...AND...Hotline Holiday
AFT President Assesses Obama's Nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education
Urgent Action Needed: Key State Senate Runoff Election Tomorrow in Gulf Coast Region...AND...Winter Edition of AFT's American Educator Previewed

Learn more about Texas AFT's Legislative Agenda for the 2009 session and download the agenda brochure.

Texas AFT's Oct. 3 Forum on Testing Reform presented new models for the Texas accountability system.
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School Nurse Advocacy Toolkit

Find out how you can help ensure parents receive notification if a campus does not have a nurse on duty full-time.

Read more about the issues, download an advocacy toolkit and send an online letter to your state legislators.

Support the Social Security Fairness Act!

Send a letter now to your representative and senators asking them to support the Social Security Fairness Act, which repeals two harmful retirement benefit offsets. More info...

Read the Latest Texas Teacher

Read the October Texas Teacher Magazine (PDF, 2.8 MB)

Take Action! Stop the back-door attempt at private-school vouchers.

Commissioner of Education Robert Scott is trying to use a dropout prevention bill to fund private schools with public dollars. Tell your state representative and senator to stop Scott from usurping legislative authority with a back-door attempt at private-school vouchers.

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