(Baton Rouge – October 25, 2012) Private and religious schools that receive state funds through vouchers should be held to accountability standards comparable to public schools, Louisiana Federation of Teachers resident Steve Monaghan said today.
Tuition Reimbursement Update
What Has Changed?
As a result of an audit during the summer of 2012, the District was informed of calendar year educational assistance (tuition reimbursement) limits.
Employers can exclude up to $5,250 of educational assistance during any calendar year. Employees must generally pay tax on the amount over $5,250 and that amount should be included in the employees’ wages (Form W-2, box 1).
How Will Payments Change?
TO: WTA Members
FROM: Sam Campanelli, Sally Tripi, and Michelle Licht
DATE: October 3, 2012
RE: New appraisal process
With the strong state of funding within the state's record surpluses on hand, North Dakota Public Employees Association President Gary Feist says that now is the best time for our state's leadership to step up and fulfill the promises that have been made in the past to public workers, that they would be rewarded for their great service when the state could afford to do so. That time is now.
Read more in The President's Corner.
Non-Instructional Stipend Rate | Workload Inequity - The Problems, Solutions, Obstacles, and Actions you can take.
Georgia Is a Leader in School Privatization Efforts
Our state legislators are at the vanguard of a national, corporate-backed campaign to bring about a for-profit education system.
Please click here to download the October 16th Meeting Minutes.
My name is Kirk Wilkins, I am OSEA Chapter 48 President. I’m not the person you were expecting in this position, this is not the position I was expecting to be in. Events happened and the situation changed, and we are now reacting to that change. There is a lot of change coming that will effect our work place, we can sit back and wait to react to that change or we can become active and work to influence and shape this change.
This month’s meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education raised some important questions.
A very reasonable proposal by a BESE member to protect pregnant teachers and active military personnel from potentially unfair evaluations was unnecessarily delayed last Wednesday. Superintendent of Education John White diverted the measure to two different committees and his own staff rather than allow a vote by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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