December 2017
December 2017
Teach the Vote's Week in Review: Dec. 22, 2017
Date Posted: 12/22/2017
Happy holidays! Here's your week in review from ATPE Governmental Relations.
Congress releases final tax bill
Date Posted: 12/16/2017
The U.S. House and Senate have finalized a conference tax bill that is expected to be voted on by each body over the course of next week.
Teach the Vote's Week in Review: Dec. 15, 2017
Date Posted: 12/15/2017
As you're preparing for a holiday break, here's a look at this week's education news from ATPE.
Sen. Bettencourt leads attack on educators voting
Date Posted: 12/14/2017
State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) has fired the first public shot in what has been a heretofore behind-the-scenes effort to discourage educators from voting en masse in the upcoming elections.
TRS Annual Review
Date Posted: 12/14/2017
The TRS health care update this year is focused on an in-depth analysis of the changes from the 2017 Care and ActiveCare plans to those going into effect during the 2018 plan year, as a result of legislative action during 85th regular and special sessions.
SBEC wraps final 2017 meeting, announces joint conference with SBOE
Date Posted: 12/11/2017
The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) met for the final board meeting of the year to act on and discuss an agenda filled with a number of topics, including revisiting a controversial proposal to certify "non-traditional" superintendent candidates.
Republican primary voters will face voucher question
Date Posted: 12/08/2017
Republican Party of Texas officials have placed a voucher question on the ballot that will go before GOP primary voters in 2018.
Teach the Vote's Week in Review: Dec. 8, 2017
Date Posted: 12/08/2017
It's a snowy edition of today's education news wrap-up from ATPE Governmental Relations.
ATPE weighs in as Congress hashes out differences on tax bill
Date Posted: 12/04/2017
Over the weekend, the U.S. Senate passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill designed by the upper chamber’s Republican leaders.
Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: Dec. 1, 2017
Date Posted: 12/01/2017
The weekend is here, and it's time for your wrap-up of education news from ATPE.