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Category Archives: Legislation

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25-Feb-10

CTA’s Recommendation Procedures for Statewide Public Office requires that, “Pre-primary Recommendations of the Interview Teams shall be published one month prior to the State Council meeting at which the Recommendations are to be voted.” Below are the results of the interview team recommendations: GOVERNOR: Edmund G. Brown Jr. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: Gavin Newsom ATTORNEY GENERAL: Neutral [...]

March State Council

22-Mar-09

I have just returned from State Council and would like to inform you of some of the decisions that were made. State Council voted to replace Dan Vaughn as Secretary/Treasurer.  Our new Secretary/Treasurer is Gail Mendes.  You can read her campaign statement in the back of the last California Educator. There is a dues increase [...]

Alternative, Career, Technical Education and Adult Education Bills

13-Mar-09

The following list of bills will be up for review by the committee I serve on at State Council.  If you are interested in having your concerns/feelings about these bills addressed at State Council, please let me know what they are.  There are links provided to the complete language for each bill.  The meeting is [...]

Pictures from the 5/14 Education Rally

15-May-08

Social Security Offset/Windfall Elimination

02-Nov-07

Finally, some progress is being made with the legislation to repeal the Social Security Offset  and Windfall Elimination Provision: The Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, chaired by Senator Kerry (D-MA), has announced that they will hold a hearing on the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision on Tuesday, [...]

NCLB Phone Numbers

09-Oct-07

California Teachers Association Please follow this link to open a pdf file with more information. Speaker Nancy Pelosi San Francisco Office Phone (415) 556-4862 Washington DC Phone (202) 225-4965 Congressman George Miller Concord Office Phone (925) 602-1880 Washington DC Phone (202) 225-2095

NCLB Legislation Pending, see the text here

02-Oct-07

If you are interested in seeing the text of the proposed legislation, check out edworkforce.house.gov, the site for the Committee on Education and Labor. All of their current legislation is viewable.