Saturday, October 29th, 2011 
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General
Good Jobs for LA Rally Sat. March 26th
Good Jobs LA flyer Education
Join a Team for the Relay for Life, May 14-15
Relay for Life Flyer – Join team-donation 2011 Please click on the link above to join our team and raise funds for the American Cancer Society.
2010 Dues for Tax Deduction Purposes
2010 Dues With PAC Allocation Deducted (ninety-nine percent of members will fall into the category of those who allocate funds to the local PAC). Cat. 1 $946.30 – Teaching assignment is more than 60% EXCEPT child care teachers. Cat. 2A $485.60 – Teaching assignment is greater than 1/3 but not more than 50% Cat. 2B $562.40 [...]
Recent Activity on Education Jobs Bill
Below are documents from the U.S. Dept. of Education, BTA’s flyer on our position, BUSD Superintendent Stan Carrizosa, California Teachers Association, National Education Association, and School Services —————————————————————————————————————————– U. S. Dept. of Education: Please see the following website: http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/congress-passes-bill-provide-10-billion-support-160000-education-jobs-nationwide ——————————————————————————————————————– To: BTA Members Date: September 3, 2010 The District Needs [...]
NEA/CTA Letter to the LA Times
1201 16th St., N.W. August 20, 2010 Mr. Russ Stanton, Editor Mr. Davan Maharaj, Managing Editor Los Angeles Times 202 W. 1st St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dear Mr. Stanton and Mr. Maharaj, | Washington, DC 20036 | Phone: (202) 833-4000 Dennis V an Roekel President Lily Eskelsen Vice President Rebecca S. Pringle Secretary-Treasurer John [...]
Education Jobs Bill Passed!
YOU DID IT!!! A MAJOR VICTORY FOR EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND OUR NATION!!! On August 10, the House passed the education jobs/FMAP bill by a vote of 247-161. See how your Representative voted on this critical vote and how your Senators voted last week. Reports indicate the President could sign the bill as early as this [...]
Common Core Standards:California’s Decision is due July 15th
California’s Plan for Adopting the CCSS Under current law (SBX5 1), a California’s Academic Content Standards Commission (ACSC) will adopt the CCSS. A total of 21 members of the ACSC have been announced with the Governor appointing 11, and 5 each from the Assembly and the Senate. The ACSC will compare the current California Content Standards [...]