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Legislative Session Calendar 2011

Jan 12, 2011 (14:44:00)

Please refer to this calendar first for using all legislative fliers, letters, etc. Our campaigns are timed by this calendar. Thanks!


Download: Texas AFT 2011 Calendar.pdf
Fliers Week of March 21

Mar 21, 2011 (11:40:00)

Flier for March 21.


Download: PawnsForReform.doc
Fliers Week of Feb. 14

Feb 15, 2011 (07:34:00)

1) Discipline Flier  (Refereeintheclassroom021511.doc)

2) Retiree Flier (Budgetdamageforretirees0211511.doc) This was sent out by mail to the Texas AFT retiree list, so just use as needed.

3) Higher Ed Flier (CutstoHigherEducation021511.doc) For ACC, Lone Star and EPCC, but good information to have on hand for all

4) Educational Aide Tuition Exemption Program (EdAideExemptionCut.doc)


Download: Refereeintheclassroom021511.doc, Refereeintheclassroom021511.pdf, BudgetDamageforRetirees021511.doc, BudgetDamageforRetirees021511.pdf, CutstoHigherEducation021511.doc, CutstoHigherEducation021511.pdf, EdAideExemptionCut021511.doc, EdAideExemptionCut021511.pdf
Legislative Kickoff Fliers

Jan 19, 2011 (15:26:00)

Fliers from the Legislative Kickoff

Coming Soon (Texas Legislature Returns)
Print on Back Side: Political Educator Form
Release: December

Revenue Flier (How Many Car Washes)
Release: Wednesday, Jan. 5

Lobby Day Flier (Lobby Day Promo Flier)
Release: Wednesday, Jan. 12
Included is a PDF and a PageMaker File. If you need the file edited, for PEG staff please contact Dianne Guitierrez at dgutie4677@aol.com, and for Locals contact rdamico@texasaft.org
For PEG staff, also be se be sure to use the correct date (March 14 or 7th)

Accountability Flier (Create a Positive Vision of Accountability)
Release: Wednesday, Jan. 19

Lobby Day Flier (Ride the Bus with Texas AFT)
Release: Wednesday, Jan. 26
These fliers must be edited for your local, and for PEG staff please be sure to use the correct date (March 14 or 7th)

More fliers to come!


Download: Texas Legislature Returns.doc, Political Educator form_Nov_2010.pdf, How many car washes will.doc, Ride the bus with Texas AFT 2011.doc, lobby day promo flyer_March_14-2.pdf, Ride the bus with Texas AFT MARCH 7_2011.doc, Creating a Positive Vision of acct.doc, lobby day promo flyer_March_14.pmd
Messaging on Budget Issues

Nov 18, 2010 (10:26:19)

Use these talking points for your message on the upcoming budget deliberations.


Download: MessagingLegislative111210.doc
Legislative Kickoff Powerpoint

Dec 06, 2010 (08:28:00)

Powerpoint ... Edit for your local as needed. Version with "notes" includes brief notes on presentation.


Download: LegislativeKickOff111610.ppt, LegislativeKickOff111610_Notes.ppt
Texas AFT Logo

Jul 17, 2007 (13:18:00)

The New Logo for Texas AFT. For most uses the medium-sized .jpg files will be fine. But if you need something larger in dpi/size, your local print shop probably can use the .eps files ... or contact rdamico@tft.org


Download: TexasAFT_Logo-m.jpg, TexasAFT_Logonotext-m.jpg, TexasAFT_Logo.eps, TexasAFT_Logonotext.eps, TexasAFT_Logooutlines.eps
Legislative Toolkit June 2010

Nov 18, 2010 (09:07:00)

 

To:                               Local Presidents and Organizing Staff
From:                           Linda Bridges, Texas AFT President
Date:                           June 1, 2010
Subject:           State Legislative Advocacy Toolkit, First Installment
 
Attached you will find an initial set of tools you can begin using over the summer to get a head start on the 2011 legislative session.
 
This session looms as one of the most difficult we have faced since 1995. A budget crisis is being used as the all-purpose excuse for (1) deep, destructive cuts in funding for public education, (2) the elimination of educational quality safeguards such as class-size limits, and (3) even more obsessive emphasis on test scores to trigger punitive sanctions and privatization instead of giving our students and schools the resources they need.
 
To blunt these threats and build momentum for our positive agenda of stable, sufficient education funding and real school-improvement alternatives to the testing obsession, Texas AFT offers the following tools attached (with more to come by July 1):
 
–Texas AFT Legislative Agenda brochure (printed copies to be ready for shipment to you by June 15)
–Checklist of the types of groups you should consider reaching out to as potential allies in the fight for increased revenue and testing reform
–One–pagers on each of the top two issues, revenue and testing reform
–Templates for letters to potential allies
–New Web letters for members to send to state legislators this summer
–Pledge forms for members (and other school employees and friends of public education) to commit to lobby state officials and legislators for revenue and testing reform
 
This first installment of the toolkit will be followed by another, no later than July 1, which will include short PowerPoint presentations on revenue and testing reform that you can use as is or adapt.
 
(Also later this month be on the lookout for an action alert on the education commissioner’s review of his administrative rules. This rule review presents both hazards–such as potential weakening of class-size waiver rules and duty-free lunch requirements–and opportunities–such as a chance to press the commissioner for more sensible, less punitive accountability policies.)

Download: coalitionpartnerschecklistjune2010.doc, coalitionpartnerschecklistjune2010.doc, revenuefactsjune2010.doc, revenuepartnerletterjune2010.doc, revenuesupportpledgejune2010.doc, revenuewebletterjune2010.doc, testingreformfactsjune2010.doc, testingreformpledgejune2010.doc, testingreformwebletterjune2010.doc, testreformpartnerletterjune2010.doc

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