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‼️ NOW PRESENTING: Texas AFT's Educator's Bill of Rights! Last
#TxLege
, legislators tried to push what they *thought* we needed — without asking us. Here's our rebuttal.
After months of member feedback, we've established 10 essential rights. Sign on:
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Our deepest thanks to those 84 for voting for your districts and the public schools within them.
Got em:
On a vote of 84 to 63, the Texas House strips vouchers from HB1. Here's the vote sheet
#txlege
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Texas: 9th largest economy in the world, 39th in the country for public school funding.
Until that changes, no one in the
#TxLege
has fulfilled their campaign promises to educators & parents.
Thank you, Rep.
@GinaforAustin
, for speaking truth. 👏
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“Education is a public good, not a private one. Our kids deserve better than fly-by-night crooks who open for-profit schools on the quick & cheap with uncertified teachers & no standards. That’s what we’re seeing in other states w/ bloated, unaccountable voucher programs"
#txlege
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You think gas prices are bad? Try retiring as a teacher in Texas.
Many retired educators have NEVER received a cost-of-living increase for their pensions, while others have gone nearly a decade without one.
#TxLege
could've fixed that in any of last year's four sessions ...
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When 66% of our members say they're thinking of leaving their jobs in public education, it's time for a leadership change.
Our union endorses
@BetoORourke
for governor because he's pledged to do what Gov. Abbott won't: listen to educators & work with them on real issues.
#TxEd
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Governor, you've got a real funny way of rewarding the best teachers in the nation.
Texas teachers are among the BEST in the nation.
A quality education is the foundation for our children’s success. It requires dedicated teachers who motivate students to learn and grow.
Our educators are fundamental in building brighter futures for the next generation.
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Wondering why your prop taxes keep going up but your local public school doesn't see any new resources? $32.7 billion of YOUR tax dollars are being hoarded by
@GovAbbott
while he tries to push private school vouchers. Underfund, demonize, privatize.
#txlege
TX MAGA Republicans are amassing & hoarding our taxpayer $ in anticipation of a massive payout to the wealthy & well-connected few thru a “taxpayer-funded voucher.”
Meanwhile, schools are closing & property taxes are rising across Texas because MAGA won’t do its job.
#txlege
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In the 86 days since a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Gov. Abbott has taken no meaningful action to reduce the chances of tragedy in this school year, earning straight F’s on our school safety report card.
@MomsDemand
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We are not facing a crisis-level teacher shortage because of any one reason. This is about pay and about workload and about safety and about RESPECT.
Threatening their certification will not keep them — the working conditions are that bad.
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Dan Patrick calls our ISDs "dropout factories."
The charter schools he's helped push thru Texas have just a 67% graduation rate.
Our union endorses
@CollierForTexas
for Lt. Gov. because he'll keep public dollars in public schools.
Pol. Adv. Paid for by Texas AFT COPE
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You're right, governor. It does belong to Texans: the 650,000 Texans who work in our public schools and the 5.5 million Texas children who attend them.
Why aren't we using that historic budget to pass the largest public education funding boost in Texas history?
#TxEd
#TxLege
Hardworking Texans helped build a historic budget surplus & the nation’s most dynamic economy.
That surplus money belongs to YOU—the taxpayer.
This session, we will pass the largest property tax cut in Texas history.
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"To every LGBTQ student ... I want to say this: You are loved. You are supported. You are respected. For exactly who you are. There's nothing wrong with you; there's damn sure something wrong with this
#TxLege
."
—
@UnionmanTX
Full
@EqualityTexas
event 👇
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As a reminder, the governor sets the agenda for a special session. The only things the
#TxLege
can pass are outlined below.
You know what's not there? Actual funding for our public schools.
When a politician tells you who they are, believe them,
#TxEd
.
Special Session
#3
of the Texas Legislature will begin Monday, October 9th at 1:00 PM.
Now is the time for Texas to deliver school choice for every family, protect Texans and Americans against Biden’s border crisis, and ban all COVID vaccine mandates.
Let's get to work.
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Seems like a good time to remind everyone that educators endorse
@CollierForTexas
to be the next lieutenant governor of Texas.
#TxEd
#TxLege
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So, teachers go from "the best in the nation" to spreading woke agendas ... which is it, governor?
#TxEd
#TxLege
#RespectUsExpectUs
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@TexasGOP
Breaking the law would be violating our code of ethics to do no harm to children. Teachers do not work for the governor and the indicted
@KenPaxtonTX
opinions aren’t worth the paper they are written on. Come at my org, come at me, but don’t mess with my Texas Teachers. ZC
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"Vouchers are a privately funded distraction from the enormous school funding debt the state of Texas owes its children.”
@csikesrun
#txlege
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Our Texas school employees deserve real raises, not crumbs. Not with a $33 billion surplus.
Have you called your representative today? 😑👇
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The House Public Education Committee has adjourned, likely for the last time this
#TxLege
session.
With NO vote on vouchers &
#SB8
. 75,000 emails and 2,400 calls later. 👏🙌
Nothing is dead until May 29, but y'all have defended
#TxEd
fiercely.
#RespectUsExpectUs
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Working in public education shouldn't require sacrificing nights, weekends, & precious time with your own family.
RT if you agree 🔁
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Before we go and fund private schools on the state dime, maybe we should make sure all 5.5 million Texas public school students have desks & textbooks they don't have to share.
#TxEd
#TxLege
#RespectUsExpectUs
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"PragerU is nothing more than a propaganda machine and has no place in Texas public schools."
In Texas, we
#TeachTheTruth
.
More 👇
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Prop 9 on your Texas ballot this November will give retired educators their first pension increase in two decades. 💸
We need YOUR help to pass it. 🫵
Join our Retiree Plus members for a campaign call this Tuesday on Zoom!
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Teachers and school employees deserve our respect. That's it, that's the tweet.
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We'll quote
@UnionmanTX
from the rollout today of our latest
#TxEd
report:
"Every layoff, every school closure, every student service cut – that's Gov. Abbott’s handiwork. It’s the failed policy of the
#TxLege
. What we’re seeing is
#AbbottsElementary
."
"You’ll be shocked to hear this, but it’s not me that’s responsible for this,"
@GovAbbott
said about school budget problems around Texas.
Even though he tied extra funding for schools last year to a voucher plan that couldn't pass, Abbott points the finger at feds & schools.
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We did it! The amendment from
@EddieforTexas
to require the state to send $17.9 billion in federal relief directly to school districts PASSED and is officially part of the
#SB1
budget bill.
This is HUGE & your tweeting thumbs today helped.
#TxEd
#TxLege
#StopTheSwap
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Our public school teachers spend an average of $450 of their own money to stock their classrooms each year.
Meanwhile, the state of Texas spends $3.6 billion of taxpayer money to prop up a second education system of charter schools each year.
Make it make sense.
#TxEd
💸
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The TX Senate will soon vote on
#HB100
, the school finance and pay raise bill being held hostage for a private school voucher.
Given its $16 billion, 5-year price tag, we want to remind senators of the raises for teachers in their districts they could be voting for instead. 🧵
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"With a $33 billion surplus, are we really going to be content with a $90 increase?"
Rep.
@johnbryantfortx
is right. We need a $1,000+ increase per student in
#TxEd
.
Contact the state budget negotiators ⬇️
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Poll after poll shows that the more Texans know about taxpayer-funded vouchers, the less they like them.
So who is exactly is this school voucher push for? A web of dark-money donors lobbying
#TxLege
. We dig deeper with help from
@cjtackett
⤵️
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If the baby-sitter tweet made you mad, we urge you to stay mad.
Organize mad.
Vote mad.
Make good, mad trouble.
Hold leaders accountable while mad.
#EducatorPlus
Voter is an identity that scares a lot of people with a lot of power.
#TxEd
#TxLege
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Thanks to questioning from
@Menendez4Texas
&
@SenRoyceWest
, the Texas Senate has said the quiet part out loud:
Pay raises for
#TxEd
teachers & staff and more funding for public schools is being held hostage for the voucher in
#HB100
.
Call now ☎️
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We cannot "jeans pass" our way out of a teacher and staff retention crisis. 👖
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*tap tap tap* 🎤 Is this thing on?
Texas' budget surplus is larger than the entire budgets of 24 states.
The pay raises put forward so far are a one-time bonus of $2,000 — for teachers — or a raise of ~$80/month.
Make it make sense,
#TxLege
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The 2 top execs at IDEA make almost $1 million per year – paid w/ public dollars - but they pay their teachers $8,772 less than average TX teacher. IDEA uses its funds on big salaries, private jets, private arena boxes, & 1st class travel. Is this really a public school?
#txlege
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Working in public education shouldn't require sacrificing nights, weekends, & precious time with your own family.
RT if you agree 🔁
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"Sometimes compromise is not a good thing. The wealthy special interests that are pushing voucher scams in this state don't believe in public education ... We can't compromise because we don't share the same goal."
🔥 from
@jamestalarico
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Our public school teachers spend an average of $450 of their own money to stock their classrooms each year.
Meanwhile, the state of Texas spends $3.6 billion of taxpayer money to prop up a second education system of charter schools each year.
Make it make sense.
#TxEd
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Gentlemen, if we ran some educational monopoly in Texas, the state wouldn't be 43rd in the nation for funding public schools.
The boogeyman you're yelling about is a group of Texas teachers & school employees trying to do right by kids.
@brianeharrison
@BriscoeCain
#TxLege
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It doesn't take a math teacher to figure this one out 😒 According to
@TexasStandard
reporting, each 30-day special session costs Texas taxpayers $2-$3 million apiece.
It's almost harder to NOT think of where this money could have been better spent ...
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Mike Miles, appointed by TEA to be supt of the Houston Occupied School District, says if he can’t improve Houston schools in 2 years, we “should fire him.” Numerous members of the crowd note, “We can’t!”
#TribFest23
#txlege
#txed
@HFT2415
@HoustonCVPE
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Beautiful words from Bryan ISD board member David Stasny: "We owe our strength as a community and state to our public schools. They need our unified support now more than ever."
#RespectPublicSchools
#RejectSchoolVouchers
#TxEd
#TxLege
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One important reminder in the current deluge of school districts implementing local mask mandates:
This only happens when we elect school board members willing to put the interests of employees and students first.
#TxEd
#OurWorkIsPowerful
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Teacher appreciation doesn't pay the rent. But a $10K raise would. So why isn't it included in the House budget being voted on next week? 🤔
Call your rep & ask!!
#TxLege
#TxEd
#RespectUsExpectUs
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"I had a teacher call me this morning who was almost hysterical, because she has cancer. She had a pre-approved doctor’s visit today for a procedure ... and her principal told her that she could not leave because she would not get paid."
@AJackiew
@HFT2415
Houston ISD teachers who use more than allotted 10 days off could risk getting fired, updated policy states
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May more districts follow suit.
It's the right thing to do. Our kids need us.
Effective Tuesday, August 10, to protect staff and students from the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, Dallas ISD is temporarily requiring all staff, students and visitors to wear masks when on district property.
Details:
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.
@BetoORourke
made a pit stop this afternoon at the
@AllianceAFT
office to talk directly with Dallas ISD teachers & school employees. ✊
#RespectUsExpectUs
#AFTVotes
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We thank
@TMFtx
for caring about teachers, unlike some of his
#TxLege
colleagues.
#RespectUsExpectUs
#TxEd
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“I’ve never felt so ineffective as I felt this year. My students had so many needs that I could not fulfill because of the way this was done.”
Sparkling review from a teacher working with the canned curriculum pushed in HB 1605 from the
#TxLege
🙄
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Maybe it's problematic for a state that's 39th in the nation for school funding to have a $32.7 billion surplus ...? 🤷♀️
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Vouchers. Book bans. Crumbs for pay raises. It's all related, and it all shows little respect for Texas educators from the
#TxLege
.
@CyFairAFT
member Michael Troncale explained it beautifully last week.
#RespectUsExpectUs
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All workers deserve a fair wage. That includes teachers, school employees, AND legislative staff.
Legislators *themselves* failed working Texans. There's enough money in this budget to take care of hard-working Texans across the board.
The
#TxLege
just chose not to.
NEW: Teacher pay raises are dead.
Property tax cuts in dire trouble.
But you know what House and Senate leaders were able to agree on? A 29% budget increase for their own offices - the biggest increase in more than 20 years.
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Senator Boris Miles dismantling the arguments for controversial
#HB3979
by simply reading the book that offended the proponents, who never read it. The book simply teaches children to dismantle racism wherever they see it.
#SaveCivicsEd
#txed
#txlege
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To our trans students: This is a dark and shameful day.
But you have teachers who care about you.
Custodians who care.
Bus drivers, librarians, and counselors who care.
We see you for who you are. We support you. We stand by you.
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"It wasn’t just that you were unqualified to lead America’s educational system, as someone who never worked at a public school, attended a public school, or took out a school loan. It was that you were the opposite of qualified."
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@JeremySWallace
@GovAbbott
Anyone ask him about the $4.5 billion appropriated by the Legislature for public schools last year without a bill to deliver it?
Does the governor have plans to disburse that money, which is well within his rights to do?
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