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Dear Sisters and Brothers,
As we reflect on this past year, there is so much for us to to be proud of as members of the Hempstead Classroom Teachers Association and NYSUT. Together, we delivered real wins for educators and students across the state:
- A successful No Cellphone policy made New York the largest state to pass distraction-free schools.
- Free breakfast and lunch for all students.
- $1.4 billion increase in Foundation Aid and the start of long-overdue work to modernize the funding formula.
- Expanded support for SUNY, CUNY, and community colleges, including scholarships in high-need fields.
- Investments in public teaching hospitals, including SUNY Upstate and SUNY Downstate.
- A new law requiring students and staff to be removed from rooms when temperatures exceed 88 degrees.
- Workplace Violence Prevention Act training rolling out statewide to make schools safer.
- A new APPR (3012-e) policy ending punitive evaluations, decoupling evaluations from test scores, and restoring the union’s bargaining power.
- NYSUT’s free Science of Reading course designed by educators, for educators.
- NYSUT members raised over $642,000 for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks.
And we’re not finished. We are still fighting to fix tiers 5 and 6 and demand transparency from charter school operators.
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