DACA has protected an estimated 20,000 educators or aspiring educators from deportation. The fate of the program now rests in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.
EdAction in Congress November 10, 2019
Tell senators to VOTE NO on DeVos ally nominated as appellate judge The Senate is expected to vote early this week on Steven Menashi’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit—a position in which he could do even more harm than he already has. Just days ago, the New York Times…
Support H.R. 4540 to address Social Security inequities
Forty-three members of the House from both sides of the aisle are cosponsoring the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act (H.R. 4540), which begins to address inequities for nearly 2 million retired educators and other public employees subject to Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). Among those subject to the WEP, current retirees would get…
NEA members urge Congress to strengthen and improve PSLF
EA members Shaniqua Williams and Maggie Gannon went to Capitol Hill last week to advocate for strengthening and improving the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. “I want to buy a house, but my student loans are the size of a mortgage,” said Gannon, a second-grade teacher in Culpeper, Va. “The current administration has threatened…
Tell senators to VOTE NO on DeVos ally nominated as appellate judge
The Senate is expected to vote early this week on Steven Menashi’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit—a position in which he could do even more harm than he already has. Just days ago, the New York Times confirmed that as acting general counsel under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, he…