OEA meets today with District for more IBB negotiations

The OEA team and district team will meet again today to continue negotiations talks.   Sen. Osmond's bill SB 64 will come to the Senate Ed Committee today at 2:00 pm.

Rick

Senator Osmond introduces evaluation and performance pay bill SB 64

Go to www.myuea.org to read more about SB 64. Sen. Osmond introduced his bill yesterday. The UEA worked with and supports the bill.
Rick

OEA will meet in their third Interested Based Negotiations Meeting Monday

Our OEA negotiations team will meet Monday with the district team in our third meeting to discuss our concerns and issues and work on solutions.
Rick

Legislative Updates at "Under the Dome"

Go to the following site to read the daily legislative updates from UEA's lobby team.

http://www.myuea.org/politics_legislation/uea_under_the_dome.aspx

Rick

Contact legislators on Sen. Howard Stephenson's bill

UEA President Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh would like you to contact the members of the Senate Education Committee and tell them that SB 151 (Howard Stephenson) is just another voucher bill taking money from public schools and sending it to private schools.

Go to this site to get more info.

http://www.myuea.org/politics_legislation/uea_under_the_dome.aspx

Rick

Linda and Richard Eyre Column: What schools could do to help families.

Interesting column: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700222472/What-schools-could-do-to-boost-families.html

Rick

Visit to the legislature today

Today we visited the legislature and got some updated info on bills of concern:

HB 106 Grover is a bad bill that would limit collective bargaining for teachers.  Please contact your legislator and let them know that we meet collaboratively with our districts which is a positive for both of us.

Sen. Karen Morgen has a good bill on setting some limits on the class sizes in K-3.  We support her efforts.

The budget is always important and we need continue pressure on our legislators.  We met with Rep. Jeremy Peterson and Dixon Pitcher and they listened to our concerns.
For more info go to www.myuea.org and click on "Under the Dome".

Rick