Thanks to your advocacy, we’ve notched another victory!
Last week, the Department of Labor issued overtime pay regulations that will make it easier for education support professionals to qualify.
Starting July 1, most salaried workers earning less than $844 per week ($43,888 per year) will be eligible for overtime pay. The earnings threshold will rise again on January 1, 2025; July 1, 2027; and every three years thereafter.
A “significant number” pushed to apply the new criteria to teachers, but that was “beyond the scope of this rulemaking,” the Department reported.
Nearly 17,000 educators submitted comments—nearly half the 33,000 written comments received.
This week, the NEA Board will lobby Congress on three bills: the IDEA Full Funding Act (S. 2217/H.R. 4519), Social Security Fairness Act (S. 597/H.R. 82), and Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act (S. 1723/H.R. 7227).
Tell Congress what you think!
Marc Egan
Government Relations Director
National Education Association
The commission would help to fully reveal the impact of the boarding schools on the Native American children who were taken from their families and Tribes for forced assimilation.
