URGENT ACTION NEEDED BY YOU, YOUR COLLEAGUES, AND YOUR NEIGHBORS!

Senate committee to vote WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010

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It seems every time the state Legislature meets, lawmakers come up with another hare-brained scheme to "fix" our schools.  As dedicated school employees, we thought we had endured the worst of it:  testing gone wild, ever changing standards, attacks on the class size amendment and mandates on when, what and how we teach.

But now the very same politicians that brag about Florida's rising test scores want to drive our teachers out of the classroom with Senate Bill 6. 

This bill would strip teachers of all due process and most of the rights provided by collective bargaining agreements.  

Senate Bill 6 would:

• Require that all teachers will be retained, certified and compensated based on student test scores -- not years of experience or degrees held.
• Penalize school districts that even consider length of service or degrees held when determining compensation or reductions in force.
• Mandate that teachers be issued probationary contracts for up to five years; then an annual contract every year after that ... eliminating professional service contracts.
• Increase testing for students (end of course exams for all subjects) and for teachers (additional certification requirements)

Your union is saying: 'enough is enough!'  But we can't do it alone.  We need your help.

Please call or e-mail the members of the Senate Education Committee and ask them why they are trying to drive our good teachers out of the classroom.  Ask them why they would support a bill that strips away local control of schools, raises property taxes and forces yet another unfunded mandate on our public schools.

Ask them to vote NO on Senate Bill 6.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION NOW!

Important Communication

• Spring In-class ESOL Inservices
• ESOL Subject Area Test Reimbursement Opportunity

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