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Tuesday, July 6, 2010 |
AG agrees with TCTA on required salary step increases |
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In an eagerly awaited decision, the Texas Attorney General has ruled that the pay raise approved by legislators in the 2009 session requires a step increase for many employees throughout the state for the 2010-11 school year.
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Judge upholds minimum grading policy
- Last week, 11 school districts got their day in court regarding the minimum grading bill and the letter of guidance issued by the Commissioner of Education regarding its implementation. This bill, inspired by a show of hands at a TCTA convention in 2009, amended the Education Code to prohibit school districts from requiring teachers to assign minimum grades to students.
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$10B bill to save 140,000 teacher jobs passes through U.S. House
- Texas Congressional representatives inserted language in the bill designed to ensure that new money will supplement, rather than supplant, existing education spending. The House version of the emergency supplemental bill contains $10 billion for education jobs and $4.95 billion for Pell Grants. The bill proposes to pay for this investment in part by making $800 million in education program cuts. Read more->
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Color-coded version of the adopted social studies TEKS now posted More ->
New learning resources available at FREE website More ->
TEA wants ideas on how to improve pre-k outreach and enrollment - July 9 deadline More ->
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