...CTA will be holding briefing sessions on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Jan. 24 in Burlingame and March 7 in Long Beach. Chapter presidents, Service Center Council chairs, negotiating team members and other chapter representatives are invited to attend the meetings and participate in an interactive dialogue with CTA primary contact staff and department staff. The sessions, to be held at the Burlingame Marriott and the Westin Long Beach, will last from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ESEA has significant implications for collective bargaining agreements and will alter the conditions of teaching and learning...
...NEA and the National Hispanic Press Foundation have launched a Hispanic Scholarship Directory website http://www.scholarshipsforhispanics.org/ to make more than 1,000 sources of financial aid more easily accessible to Hispanic students around the country...
...Next year Congress will consider reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In preparation, the California Association of School Psychologists is conducting a survey to be used in crafting recommendations for changes at California's IDEA Reauthorization Summit Jan. 18 in Sacramento. Teachers are encouraged to participate in the survey on the CASP website http://www.caspsurveys.org/NEW/idea.asp...
...A coalition established by CTA to foster the growth and stability of jointly managed trust funds is holding a conference Jan. 29-30 in Las Vegas. The California Public Employees/Employer Trust Fund Group will discuss health care costs. For more information, contact Susan McClure in CTA Member Benefits at (909) 599-0208 smcclure@cta.org ....