BESE Report June 2014

Student privacy protection will cost $1 million

BESE plans to spend about $1 million to implement a law aimed at protecting the personal information of Louisiana school students.

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NYSUT SRP Newslink

In this edition:

  • Margie Brumfield – SRP of the Year
  • New course mandate for new teaching assistants applying for certification
  • AFT: Reclaiming the promise
  • Have you reviewed your TRS or ERS member information lately?
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Urgent! Call State Senators Today

Today is the last day left in the legislative session, NYSUT is on the verge of a deal to achieve a moratorium for teachers on the high stakes consequences of Common Core state test results. The only missing piece is reported to be Senate approval of the deal.
 
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Contract ratification

We had a great turn out with 70.2% of our members that voted in favor of the tentative agreement.

Thank you to all our members that took the time to vote!

The Beaverton School Board approved the contract at it's June 16th Board meeting.


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Teacher Contract Negotiations Update

On Thursday, June 19 at about 2 a.m. the Teachers' PNC and the District signed a memorandum of agreement pursuant to the expiring Teachers' Contract. This memorandum is subject to ratification by teacher members and the Board of Education.
 
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Summer Slide

Summertime…and the living is easy…
Right now, much of the talk in faculty and grade level meetings is about summer slide (at least on the elementary levels). But students aren’t the only ones to suffer from summer slide. Teachers and staff can suffer, too!
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LFT responds to Gov. Jindal’s PARCC announcement

(Baton Rouge – June 18, 2014) Sticking to a vow he’s made for weeks. Gov. Bobby Jindal today announced that he has signed an executive order withdrawing Louisiana from the test consortium associated with Common Core State Standards. The governor said that his action also removes Louisiana from participation in the Common Core standards.

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