Help Connecticut’s Working Families
CEA is joining with our fellow members of the labor movement in calling on the governor and legislators to protect the health and safety of all working people, including workers…
Legislators Need to Hear from Teachers on Classroom Safety Bill
An important bill that would improve classroom safety and school climate is facing a deadline for action in the Appropriations Committee. Please urge your legislators to act and make our…
Teachers Speak Up, Share Stories With Legislators: Join Them
Teachers have a lot to say on issues from their pensions to classroom safety this legislative session, which is why local associations around Connecticut are meeting with their legislators and…
Legislators Need to Hear from You
Thanks to the many teachers who reached out and shared their stories with lawmakers, the House and Senate overwhelmingly passed SB 453, An Act Concerning Classroom Safety and Disruptive Behavior.…
CEA Running Radio Ad Urging Veto Override
CEA is urging legislators, who overwhelmingly supported and passed An Act Concerning Classroom Safety and Disruptive Student Behavior, to override the governor’s veto. Without an override, Governor Malloy’s veto ensures…
Act Now: Tell Legislators to Rollback the 1% Teacher Tax
It’s time to roll back the 1 percent teacher tax increase. The legislature is currently considering action on a budget bill, and we have two weeks left in the legislative…
Contact Your Legislators! Urge Them to Pass a Bill to Keep Classrooms Safe
Thanks to hundreds of CEA members who shared their stories about aggressive student behaviors, the legislature’s Education Committee voted Senate Bill 453 out of Committee—meaning the full legislature could have…
Teachers Share With Legislators Heartfelt Stories of Being Assaulted
Although it was after ten o’clock last night by the time the legislature’s Education Committee heard public testimony on a bill to help ensure classroom safety and address student assaults, CEA members…
Our Students Can’t Wait: Teachers Send Letter to Legislators Urging Restoration of ECS Funds
CEA President Sheila Cohen and AFT-Connecticut President Jan Hochadel today sent a letter to legislators urging them to convene a special session to restore ECS funding. Severe cuts in education…
Continued Teacher Advocacy a Must
Teachers have been speaking out forcefully against plans to shift the cost of teacher pensions onto cities and towns and raise property taxes, saying such plans would unfairly burden local…