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YOUR REWARD In
partnership with Horace Mann we've scheduled more Defensive Driving courses in April,
May and June in You must
download the registration form and mail it in with payment. No phone
registrations will be accepted.
Also, mark your calendars for the DSEA -Winter Advocacy Retreat February 29-March 2, 2008 Rehoboth Beach "Don't
Retire Before You Attend This Workshop" Workshop
March
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4-7:30pm DSEA Newark Office
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January 23, 2008 YOUR VOICE
Legislative Updates:Single-Gender Charter School bill passes House with DSEA amendments re: equity and accountabilityHB 285 (sponsored by Rep. Deborah Hudson - R and Sen. Margaret Rose Henry - D) seeks to amend the state's charter school law to allow for single gender charter schools. The bill is intended to benefit the Prestige Academy, a charter school authorized last May by the Red Clay School District.It passed yesterday evening with five DSEA-supported amendments that will, in general: require that single-gender charter schools undergo rigorous evaluation and study; provide equity for girls; and be subject to "sunsetting" in five years unless authorized to remain open by the General Assembly.The bill now moves to the Senate where proponents are asking for action tomorrow, after which the General Assembly recesses for six weeks of budget hearings.Full passage of this bill is a critical step in Prestige Academy's quest to open as an all-boys grade 5-8 charter school in Wilmington this fall.For more on the content of the amendments, go to DSEA's Political Action page.DSEA Negotiations Bill (last best offer) to replace advisory fact-finding with binding interest arbitration passes HOUSE todayHouse Bill
283 -
the bill to provide public education employees with binding interest
(contract) arbitration - passed the full House late Tuesday with no
dissenting votes.
This bill was
subjected to the full scrutiny of both the House Republican and
Democratic caucuses last week. In fact, on Wednesday evening, Jan.
16th, DSEA representatives met with 11 members of the House
Republican caucus for over one hour to answer each of their
questions about the bill.
If
you contacted your House member, thank you!
The bill now goes on to the Senate where we have asked for the same consideration as for HB 285 - that it be placed on the Senate agenda for Thursday, before the General Assembly recesses. Why
For
more information, click here.
You decide: what should our legislative
priorities be? Take the survey! Go to the DSEA web
page and find the survey on the upper right hand side. You
decide! You will be asked to log in first since this is
a member-only survey.
It's Awards
time
It's easy to nominate someone for a DSEA award and have this person
celebrated and honored at our elegant Celebration Dinner, April 11,
2008.
For all the information about award categories and to
download instructions and nomination forms, click
here.
The deadline for receipt of nominations is Feb. 1,
2008. Nominate your hero for
our annual "Celebration of Diversity" Human and Civil Rights
Award Encourage
students to enter Writing
and Art contests In
conjunction with our "Celebration of Diversity" Human and Civil
Rights Awards, our HCR Task Force is once again sponsoring student
art and writing contests. Winning students and their teachers will
be honored at the Banquet on April 24 as well. NEA's Read Across America
Day is
Monday, March 3
Watch for the Cat in the Hat, Thing One and Thing Two this month and next as they promote reading, Read Across America Day and our annual billboard contest. For details and ideas for celebrating go to www.nea.org/readacross and www.dsea.org/readacross. Questions? Contact Pam Nichols. Who will lead DSEA into the
future?
Check out who is
running for office. Log in
and then click on DSEA
Elections.
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