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Concerns were raised that this legislation will ensconce virtual education into the existing educational framework, opening the door to the permanent expansion of virtual education—before the state has the data it needs to give proper guidelines and ensure quality virtual programming for students.

SB 15 was voted out of committee 9 to 1, with Rep. Alma Allen being the dissenting vote. The bill will be heard on the House Floor Friday and will likely spur another intense debate for House members.

Many lawmakers are split on whether virtual education should be expanded before a commission on virtual education can meet to review the effectiveness of virtual education and make its report to the legislature in Texas AFT will be closely monitoring the debate. The House Appropriations Committee met on Tuesday and passed SB 7—the supplemental appropriations bill for those in the Teacher Retirement System TRS of Texas, paving the way for the full House to approve a much needed 13th check for retired educators and school staff.

This would be a welcome boost to the many retirees living paycheck to paycheck after devoting their careers to educating and supporting Texas children. The push for a cost of living increase COLA has gained more support from lawmakers over the last two sessions, and Texas AFT will continue to move towards that goal in the legislative session. Until then, the 13th check will go a long way to providing retirees with some immediate relief, and Texas AFT continues to support the passage of SB 7, which will be heard on the House floor Friday.

Check our Facebook page for updates on the 13th check. Take our very quick four-question poll , and share your thoughts on two important questions educators are talking about right now—masks in schools and having a virtual learning option.

Texas AFT is conducting our quick poll to better understand where people are at on these topics. It is important that we are listening to each other and coming up with collective solutions that will make meaningful change. Since the start of the pandemic, Texas AFT has been front and center advocating for safety policies and procedures to protect employees and students.

Now is the time to continue our conversation and share how we feel as we move forward to the academic year. Individual poll results will be kept confidential. For questions, contact us at Back to School Steward s Training is set.

Wednesday, August 18 th. The teacher prep day is on Wed. In order to be excused from your school assignment that day, you must register by August 3rd When you register, please notify your principal in writing you will be attending this event. HISD staff will have a sign-in and sign-out system to make sure you get credit for attendance. In order to get credit for the day, you must be in attendance from a.

Each campus may have up to 2 people attend the workshop. Please consider who you can invite from your HFT campus action team to attend with you. Come and join us as we share our Professional Develompent Calander for the school year.

This report was built by town halls, surveys and thousands of one-on-one conversations from parents, students, business leaders, faith leaders, elected officials and general taxpayers.

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