Read Joseph M. Dougherty's article in it's entirety at http://www.deseretnews.com/
"The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that Utah will receive $101 million in stimulus funding geared toward teachers' jobs, despite earlier controversy over whether the state should apply for it and ongoing questions about exactly how much school districts will have to spend."
The money must be used for salary and benefits for educators, classified, and school administrators. It could mean as much as $5.6 million for Weber and $2.1 million for Ogden. The legislator must meet in a special session to accept the money. We are asking all of our teachers to contact their legislators (don't use your school computer or school email) and ask them to allow the money to come to the districts for the correct purpose.
Both OEA's and WEA's mediation meetings have been on hold until we know more about the money.
Rick
Ogden Teachers Rally for Collective Bargaining
