ATPE Member Benefits
- Every eligible ATPE member is covered by up to $8 million in professional liability insurance.* This is the highest level of coverage offered by any Texas educators’ association. It includes up to $2 million per occurrence for civil rights claims brought by students.
- Eligible ATPE members also have access to $10,000 per claim for legal costs related to employment rights protection. The benefit is guaranteed, win or lose, by an insurance contract.*
- Eligible ATPE members are protected by $2,500 in identity theft coverage.*
- ATPE employs 11 staff attorneys who assist eligible members with employment concerns at no additional cost. For prompt and confidential service, members need only call (800) 777-ATPE or submit concerns using a secure online form.**
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- ATPE members are represented at the Texas State Capitol and state agencies by an experienced team of professional lobbyists that includes former legislative staffers and a former state senator. ATPE also advocates on your behalf at the federal level on issues such as Social Security and the No Child Left Behind Act.
- ATPE publications and access to ATPE’s online resources help members stay up-to-date on fast-moving issues and make it easy to advocate for public education.
- ATPE-PAC is a nonpartisan political action committee dedicated to supporting public education and those who stand behind it.
- Make the most of your hard-earned dollars using ATPE’s services and discounts. Save on auto insurance, online shopping, prescriptions, travel, professional real estate services, dental and vision services, and more. Plus, enjoy access to a guaranteed-issue life insurance benefit, high-yield online banking provided by Affinity Financial Corporation, and low-cost prepaid legal services offered through the Texas Legal Protection Plan.***
- Keep up with education news by reading ATPE News, a quarterly magazine, and
Essentials, an e-newsletter.
- Online professional development, classroom resources and information about your rights as an educator are a mouse-click away at
atpe.org.
- ATPE is member-owned and member-governed. The volunteers who operate ATPE’s more than 550 local units in districts across Texas are educators like you. ATPE’s state officers are also volunteers and working educators.
- ATPE exists to support you as a professional, not tell you how to think or what to do. ATPE does not endorse candidates and advocates for the education priorities chosen by a representative body of members.
- ATPE was founded on right-to-work values, which means we support your right to choose membership in the professional association that best complements your beliefs.
*PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY, EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS AND IDENTITY THEFT COVERAGE IS UNDERWRITTEN BY NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF PITTSBURGH, PA. ALL COVERAGE IS SUBJECT TO THE EXPRESS TERMS OF THE MASTER INSURANCE POLICY ISSUED TO ATPE AND KEPT ON FILE AT THE ATPE STATE OFFICE. Coverage applies to an insured’s activities within his/her professional capacity. Click here to download a summary in PDF format. Eligibility for ATPE membership is contingent upon ATPE’s receipt of the entire annual membership dues amount for your appropriate membership category. A disruption in payments to an authorized payment plan may result in discontinuation of such benefits, including cancellation of insurance coverage for the entire membership year, retroactive to the earlier of Sept. 1 or your membership date. New $8 million professional liability benefit level and $2,500 identity theft coverage are effective Sept. 1, 2008, at which time the new insurance policy summary will be posted.
**The insured member services and staff attorneys’ assistance are offered through separate programs.
***The Texas Legal Protection Plan provides coverage for personal legal issues as opposed to employment-related issues and is an optional benefit in which ATPE members may enroll for an additional fee.
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