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The 2021 Legislative Session has concluded. While we were the target of some major attacks, we were able to dodge a few bad bills.
Get the full details in the final edition of AFT-WV's Legislative Update.
The 2021 Legislative Session has been under way for only ten days but we have already seen a flurry of attacks on public education and employees.
Click here to get the details in this week's Legislative Update.
Just a little over two weeks into the 2021 Legislative Session and the bills attacking public education and employees continue to move.
Two bills now moving through the state Legislature could drain half a billion a year from our public schools. That’s one-quarter of the total state education budget for our schools for fiscal year 2019-2020. It could mean the loss of up to 3,000 full-time teaching and service personnel positions.
Our schools are starved for funding already. These bills would threaten the very future of public education in our state.
We're halfway through the 2021 Legislative Session and the attacks on public education and workers have ramped up this week. Bills to permit education savings accounts and to prohibit the payroll deduction of union dues are moving quickly.
**UPDATE: HB 2009 passed the House on 3-19-21, after the Legislative Update was published.
The House of Delegates approved the version of HB 2009 sent back to them by the Senate last week, effectively ending payroll deduction of union dues for public employees.
The legislative attacks continue this week, with bills designed to chip away at the grievance procedure and make the process more cumbersome for employees. HB 2009 still hasn't been signed by the Governor, so be sure to click the email action in the Update to tell him to veto the bill!
We are closing in on the final days of the 2021 Legislative Session. Read the latest news from the Capitol in this week's Legislative Update.