April 26, 2012

SandBoxBlogs: Colorado News Agency "Legislation would make it easier to exit teachers unions"

(cue sounds of crowds cheering...children laughing and playing...sighs of relief...bands playing....why?....here's one more step forward and upward in breaking one of the strangleholds that prevent public education from becoming self-sustaining...Hip, Hip Hooray!!....)

Debi Brazzale:
"A legislative panel today passed a bill that would let teachers join or leave unions or other professional organizations on their own timetable.

House Bill 1333, sponsored by Rep. Jon Becker, R-Fort Morgan, and heard in the House Education Committee, would give school districts 30 days to cancel a teacher’s payroll deductions for vunion dues after receiving written notification from the teacher.

Under collective bargaining agreements ruling many larger school districts, teachers only may cancel their membership within a two-to-three week “opt-out window” at the beginning of the school year. If they miss the window, they’re obligated to pay dues for the rest of the year....." (Read more?  Click title)

"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."

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