The Baltimore County Delegation of the Maryland legislature gave House Bill 1475, the “Correctional Officers Bill of Rights,” a favorable vote March 15.

Members of the AFT-Maryland legislative team testified in opposition to four charter school bills for which hearings were held March 13. The bills proposed making a study of ways to improve to charter schools, allowing charter schools to directly hire school personnel, establishing an independent charter school advisory council, and proposing that charter schools be allowed to certify their own principals.

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SAVE THE DATE!   The WPEC Convention is scheduled for Saturday, April 27 at the Pyle Center. 

District meetings will be held in March..  For information on the annual meeting in your district, see below or contact your district rep.

District Meetings

Constitutional Amendment 1 - Form  [Clean-up proposed by Constitution Com]

The Constitution and Bylaws Committee has revised the number of amendements. These will be talked about at the March General Membership Meeting with final debate and vote to occur during the May Membership Meeting.

Committee Submitted Amendments

Housekeeping Amendment

If you have questions please contact the VP of Communications who is the chair of the committee.

As of March 12, 2013, we are communicating with Administration regarding upcoming negotiations.  We have requested that they provide us with some potential bargaining dates as per our contract.

Brothers and Sisters,

On behalf of the AFT Washington Executive Board and staff, I want to thank you for your dedication and for the contribution you make to your workplace and your union.

The JPSB adopted a revised salary schedule March 5 for teachers, principals, and assistant principals. The new schedule meets the requirements of a law passed last year by the Legislature that requires school disricts to factor employees’ experience and “effectiveness” into their pay.

The Louisiana Library Association has named Calcasieu Parish librarian Melonie LeMay as Library Media Specialist of the Year.

A panel of lawmakers agreed Saturday that the Jindal administration’s agenda hurts school employees and their families. Five members of the House of Representatives spoke at the Louisiana Federation of Teachers’ annual Paraprofessional and School Related Personnel Conference in Baton Rouge.