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Illinois Education Association Minooka Region
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Illinois Education Association Minooka Region News
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Hundreds of Kaneland Education Association (KEA) members and community supporters wore red and packed a special Kaneland Community School District 302 board meeting on Tuesday night.
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All new teacher evaluators in Illinois will need to pass an ISBE-approved administrator academy on the topic of Initial Teacher Evaluation Training.
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Eighteen teachers along with administrators will travel to Puerto Rico to provide professional development training to more than 100 Puerto Rican educators.
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Hundreds of Kaneland Education Association (KEA) members and community supporters plan to wear red, rally for a fair contract and pack the Kaneland Community School District 302 board meeting on Mon., June 24.
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The Illinois Education Association (IEA) worked with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and the governor’s office to ensure the passage of several pieces of pro-public education legislation during the 2018-19 legislative session in Springfield.
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The Illinois Education Association initiated a bill that will allow school districts to develop threat assessment protocols, threat assessment teams and access money to hire personnel and implement procedures to keep students safe.
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Educators from around the state carried file boxes filled with signed petitions to the Illinois State Capitol building today asking lawmakers to repeal the 3 percent threshold on pensionable teacher salaries before they leave Springfield and help preserve the profession.
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IEA honored those with an outstanding commitment to their schools, their students and to public education at this year’s IEA Representative Assembly.
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The College of DuPage Faculty Association (CODFA) will hold a series of events the week of May 13-17 to emphasize the strength and unity of the college’s full-time faculty.
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The Pritzker administration announced there is no need to extend the pension payment schedule next year because of better-than-expected tax revenue.
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Great job – you’ve done so much good work! Now, Illinois Representatives are back home and we need you to meet them while they’re home and tell them to Repeal the 3%! The Senate did it and they can too!
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Today State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) was honored with the Illinois Education Association’s (IEA) Friend of Education award for his commitment to public schools in Illinois.
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The $40,000 minimum teacher salary bill passed the Illinois House of Representatives Tuesday evening on a 79-31 vote.
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Active TRS members can vote, beginning today, for Marsha Byas and Andrew Hirshman for TRS Trustee.
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The Illinois Education Association (IEA)-initiated bill to repeal the 3 percent salary limit law passed out of the Senate Education Committee with a 13-0 vote this afternoon.
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This past week, the General Assembly continued with a focus on negotiating and preparing bills to be ready to move through the committee process.
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Today, House Bill 2078 passed out of committee to the House floor, marking the second $40,000 minimum teacher salary bill to make it out of committee this legislative session and taking a big step toward making the $40,000 minimum salary reality.
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) read to second grade students at Irving School Monday, sharing a tale about mice trying to find middle ground on declaring a national cheese.
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The following statement is attributable to Illinois Education Association President Kathi Griffin.
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The House Personnel and Pension Committee moved the 3 percent repeal bill out of committee this morning so it could be heard on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives.
