MEA
Board, Leaders and Staff,
It’s
official – SB 102 is off the table for lame duck!
The
press release below just went out to the media, after a Senate spokesperson
confirmed the news to reporters.
Things
we need to reinforce with members at this time:
1) This
battle has been won, but this issue is not going away…we need to continue
educating lawmakers for the next legislative session starting in January about
the consequences of closing the pension system for new hires. But for today,
THANK YOU to the thousands of people who communicated with their lawmakers about
why SB 102 needed to be stopped.
2) We
need to thank the lawmakers who stood with us...we’ll be sharing information on
that as soon as we can.
3) Lame
duck isn’t over with! The tax refund shift legislation still may move, as well
as other issues. As we said in Capitol Comments yesterday – Lame Duck Hurts
Kids…and lawmakers should be encouraged to end the lame duck session without
passing other legislation that could have unintended consequences for our
students and schools.
THANKS
ALL!
Doug
Pratt
MEA
Director of Public Affairs
