House Bill 5194 just passed out of the House Education
committee. This bill makes CALENDAR and
SCHEDULES PROHIBITED subjects of bargaining!
If your bargaining unit nor any of your fellow union members have a
voice in the creation of the calendar nor the schedule, can you imagine what
might happen? We ARE
professionals. We are on the front line
every day and we know what works as we create programming and lessons for the
students! We MUST have a voice in these
decisions.
Please contact your HOUSE representative and let them know
that this HB 5194 should NOT be passed.
To make it simple, please COPY the message below and then go
the MEA Legislative site! Just put in
your zip code and the site will let you send the message to your own House
representative.
CLICK HERE for the MEA Legislative site:
COPY AND PASTE this message into the site’s message box:
“Teachers in our
public schools do much planning to create new and innovative programs for
students. We work cooperatively with
our administrators to create plans, schedules, and programming for our
students. We need to be able to plan
with as much flexibility as possible.
The needs from district to district, and from school to school, vary
greatly, and flexibility will allow us to create programs that best meet our
communities’ needs. Making this a
prohibited topic of bargaining will not serve to improve education for
children. PLEASE VOTE NO on House Bill
5194.”
