President’s Report: CTA Strategic Plan Spurs Community, Student, Union and Professional Advocacy and Organizing Successes.  The common thread in the tapestry of our recent successes as a union is the CTA Strategic Plan, President Eric Heins told State Council delegates in his keynote speech kicking off the busy weekend meeting. “Guided by our Strategic Plan …

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STATE BUDGET UPDATEGovernor Jerry Brown has issued the May Revision to the state budget. First, it reflects an increase of $2.9 billion in funding for K-14 schools for 2016-17. This increase brings the formula to 95.7 percent of full implementation. The money going to Proposition 98—the minimum California school funding guarantee which was approved by …

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Please see below for a list of candidate and campaign related events happening this week. Remember, the CLC hosts phone banks Tuesday–Thursday from 5 pm to 8 pm. Also, I will be at the hall on Monday’s from 5 pm to 8 pm as well for the next couple of weeks if anyone wants to …

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As election 2016 continues, we’d like to remind you that your fellow educators, up and down the state of California, have met and will continue to meet with every candidate, regardless of party affliation, seeking an endorsement from our union. The Vacaville Teachers Association is also a proud affiliate of the Napa-Solano Central Labor Council and, for this June primary, we held …

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