ATPE officers make the rounds in D.C.
Things were certainly heated in Washington, D.C. last week—June 16–19—as ATPE State President Ginger Franks, Vice President Richard Wiggins, Executive Director Gary G. Godsey and Governmental Relations...
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Last week, ATPE lobbyists held several meetings with members of the Texas Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., to discuss proposed changes to Social Security laws, specifically, the...
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Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) has re-filed his “Equal Treatment for Public Servants Act” this week. H.R. 711 is a bill to address the controversial Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) in federal law...
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In Washington, ATPE advocates for ESEA and Social Security relief
A group of ATPE state officers and staff are in Washington, D.C. this week for meetings to discuss education policy matters at the national level. ATPE’s Executive Director Gary Godsey, Governmental...
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Your benefits: Social Security update
Texas public school employees are among a unique group of public servants subject to a set of provisions in federal law very few people ever come in contact with, and even fewer actually know much...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: Sept. 18, 2015
Happy Friday! Here’s a review of some education stories that made the news this week. Read about ATPE’s lobbying efforts on Social Security. The Texas Tribune reports that some experts anticipate a...
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Major development announced in the fight to protect educators’ Social...
Social Security is something that will one day affect us all. Millions of Americans depend on it to ensure a basic standard of living in old age, and many more of us count on it being around for years...
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More on next week’s Social Security hearing in Washington, how you can help
On Tuesday, March 22, the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security will be discussing Social Security provisions that affect certain educators and other public sector employees. As we...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: March 18, 2016
Are you ready for the weekend? Here’s what made the news this week on Teach the Vote: ELECTION UPDATE: Runoff spots settled in Senate District 1 News from the nation’s capital: major hearing next week...
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Recap of Tuesday’s Social Security hearing in Washington, D.C.
This week I had an opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. for congressional meetings accompanied by ATPE’s Washington-based lobby team. Along with visiting several members of our delegation and...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: March 25, 2016
From Social Security to STAAR woes, here are this week’s top stories from Teach the Vote: ATPE attends Social Security hearing in Washington Several committees looked at education issues in the...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: June 3, 2016
Happy Friday! Here are some of this week’s blog highlights from Teach the Vote: ATPE weighs in on ESSA implementation and other issues in Washington School finance finds renewed emphasis in House...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: June 17, 2016
These are stories making news this week in the Texas education world: TRS board approves health plan changes and premium hikes Recounts conclude in primary runoff elections Testing and accountability...
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ATPE concludes week of meetings in Washington, DC
A contingent of ATPE state officers and staff joined the ATPE federal relations team in Washington this week for meetings on Capitol Hill and with the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The team was...
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Social Security Update: Hearing tomorrow in D.C. on H.R. 711
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee announced that its members will be hearing and voting on H.R. 711, the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act (ETPSA), on Wednesday, July 13, at 1 pm. As we have...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: July 15, 2016
An ultimately anti-climactic week in Washington and other Texas education news is recapped here: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means postpones WEP bill markup Federal Update: Congress discusses ESSA...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: Sept. 2, 2016
Here are some stories that made education news this week as you started your new school year: The WEP is unfair TCONGAA releases final report to the legislature Bidding adieu The U.S. House Committee...
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: Nov. 4, 2016
It’s the last week in review before Tuesday’s monumental election. Read more of this week’s education news: Today is the last day for early voting; Election Day is Tuesday Congressman Brady updates...
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Federal Update: New Congress kicks off, preps for DeVos confirmation hearing
Embed from Getty Images UPDATE: After this story was published, the leaders of the Senate HELP committee announced that the DeVos confirmation hearing had been postponed to Jan. 17 at 4:00 PM CST....
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Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: Jan. 13, 2017
The 85th legislative session began this week. Here are highlights from the week: Session begins with Straus re-elected as speaker and battles lines drawn over priorities With bleak revenue outlook,...
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