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March 3, 2010 Protect Your History. Protect Your Rights. Oppose SB 1859. SB 1859 (Sen. Ford) would limit your due process rights by eliminating trial de novo. The final action on whether a teacher should be dismissed will rest with the local board of education. Did you know that the history of due process began right here in Oklahoma. Prior to the enactment of tenure laws about 75 years ago, teachers were subject to the whims of administrators. NEA's Legal Defense Fund is named for Kate Frank, a teacher in Muskogee, Oklahoma, who was fired in the 1930s for the sole reason that she actively supported a school board candidate. The bill is waiting to be heard on the senate floor. Click here to tell your senator to vote no on SB 1859. Tax Credit Vouchers: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing SB 1922 (Sen. Newberry) would divert public money for public schools to pay for private school tuitions. Tuition tax credits -- also known as tax credit vouchers -- are another threat to public schools. These plans grant dollar-for-dollar tax credits to individuals for the cost of sending their children to high-priced private schools and award corporations a dollar-for-dollar credit for monies they direct toward organizations that grant private-school tuition subsidies. Public education is already underfunded. We cannot afford to subsidize private schools. Oppose SB 1922. HB 3108, Kern Targets OEA HB 3108 authored by Sally Kern would prohibit some full-time release officers including OEA’s president and vice-president from making their own contributions (including BOTH the employee and employer contributions) to the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System. While full-time release officers are working alongside teachers to create great public schools for every child, they also help stabilize funding for OTRS by paying in thousands of dollars each year instead of retiring and not making a contribution to the system at all. Active employees contribute six percent more to the retirement system than retirees draw out. It is a net gain to the retirement system to permit contributions from active education employees. Lobby Day March 24th-Tap into Retired Teachers The current budget shortfall has administrators paying particular attention to any type of leave, especially association leave days. We don’t want this to stop you from coming to Lobby Day when our legislators need to hear the collective voice of our members the most. Ask a retired teacher in your region to volunteer to sub for you for the day. OEA Lobby Day is Wednesday, March 24th and gubernatorial candidates Jari Askins and Drew Edmondson will open the day with remarks at OEA. Lieutenant Governor Candidate Sen. Kenneth Corn will also give remarks. LOBBY DAY DETAILS When: Wednesday, March 24
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Lawmakers Announce Plan for a Bipartisan Overhaul of Education LawFebruary 18, 2010 9:12 AM WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Education and Labor Committee today made an announcement about their plans for a bipartisan reform of the nation’s primary federal education law, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) – currently known as No Child Left Behind. U.S. Reps. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the committee, John Kline (R-MN), the senior Republican of the committee, Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), the chairman of the subcommittee on elementary and secondary education, and Michael N. Castle (R-DE), the senior Republican of that subcommittee, issued the following joint statement: |
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