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Press Release 06/23/2008 - Lawsuit filed against AISD, Texas AG (pdf)
The state’s largest educators’ group filed suit against the Austin school board and the state’s attorney general today to prevent the release of educators’ personal information to local media outlets....

Press Release 06/19/2008 - Records release a threat to privacy (pdf)
The public—parents in particular—might be confused and concerned about reports of the Austin Independent School District’s efforts to prevent the release of its employees’ state-mandated background checks....

Press Release 05/21/2008 - SBOE to hear public testimony on ELAR updates (pdf)
After months of arduous work updating the standards that affect how Texas students learn to read, write and use proper grammar, the State Board of Education (SBOE) will hear public testimony...

Press Release 03/04/2008 - Lawsuit worries top annual educator survey (pdf)
The prospect of being sued by a student’s parents worries Texas educators more than the prospect of losing their benefits, according to a recently published survey released by the state’s largest educators’ group...

Press Release 02/29/2008 - ATPE comments on Berlanga press conference (pdf)
“The issue here is not the fact that the ELAR standards need to be updated, but rather how the board goes about making those updates. By trying to muscle in outside material at the last minute, Chairman McElroy has shown complete..."

Press Release 01/16/2008 - ATPE president testifies before House Ways and Means (pdf)
The head of the 111,000-member Association of Texas Professional Educators spoke today before the United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security in Washington, D.C., to discussed the effects that the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) have on a state’s...

Press Release 12/19/2007 - State to begin fingerprinting educators (pdf)
“We ask that TEA make sure that there are enough safeguards in place to ensure that educators won’t face unemployment if they have justifiable reasons for not being fingerprinted in time. The 10-day window provided..."

Press Release 11/15/2007 - Largest Texas public ed group hits new record (pdf)
The Association of Texas Professional Educators reached a milestone Thursday with the number of individual memberships reaching more than 111,000, up more than 5,000 from the previous year...

Press Release 11/09/2007 - TRS board approves 13th check (pdf)
During a board of trustees meeting today, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas formally approved the release of an additional pension payment to thousands of retired educators...

Press Release 11/07/2007 - College- and Career- Ready Texas needed (pdf)
The Commission for a College-Ready Texas put the final touches on its report today that will recommend what students should know before they enter college. Although educators support the need to update the standards that will prepare...