Lobby Day House
Marching Orders - Urge your Delegate
to:
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Double
Down on Teacher and ESP Salaries (4% not 2%, $7,083 behind the national
average/ranking 31st/8th in wealth)
§
Support Statewide
Health Insurance (HB1356) – annual savings of $44-$66 million, according to
JLARC
§
Support FOIA
Exemption for Professional Growth Data (HB1889) – keep your evaluation off
the front page of the newspaper
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Make
Virginia’s Schools Bully-Free (HB1871) – research shows that prevalence of
bullying is predictive of school-wide passing rates on state-mandated
achievement testing
Lobby Day
Senate Marching Orders - Urge your Senator
to:
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Support
Senator Barker’s 3% teacher salary budget amendment 139 #2s ($7,083 behind
the national average/ranking 31st/8th in wealth), include
ESP
§
Support Statewide
Health Insurance (SB 1367)
Urge Delegates AND Senators to:
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Restore
COCA (Cost of Competing Adjustment) for Support Personnel in NOVA - These funds are provided to allow
these divisions to recruit and retain staff in the more competitive Northern
Virginia labor market.
§
Oppose
Governor’s Transportation Plan which will take ¼ billion from VA schools in
the next 5 years
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Support
Medicaid Expansion (400,000 insured, 30,000 jobs)
§
Support
local school board control of the school calendar
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