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 […]

  Your voices are making a difference! Last week, in a passionate opening statement at the first Capitol Hill hearing on the issue in 17 years, Rep. John Larson (D-CT) called the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) “blatantly unfair” and said, “We need not only a hearing—we need a vote.” Rep. Jodey Arrington […]

  Recent events underscore the gap—actually, it’s more like a chasm—between two visions for education now before Congress. In testimony before the House Appropriations Committee last week, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona stressed that the Biden administration’s FY2025 education budget prioritizes students, educators, and public schools. It also calls for universal preschool, a national paid leave program, […]