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Furlough/seniority changes become law

The omnibus school code bill, Act 55 of 2017, became law on Nov. 5, 2017. Despite concerns about the furlough provisions, Governor Wolf allowed the bill to become law without his signature to ensure that state funds would be paid on time to public schools and to protect other provisions in the bill, including extending the moratorium on Keystone exams, requiring opioid abuse education and ending “lunch shaming” of students. AFTPA opposed the school code bill because it changes the way layoffs are conducted, places emphasis on a flawed evaluation system and interferes with collective bargaining rights.

Unions chastise US Supreme Court ruling

The Janus case is a blatantly political and well-funded plot to use the highest court in the land to further rig the economic rules against everyday working people. The billionaire CEOs and corporate interests behind this case, and the politicians who do their bidding, have teamed up to deliver yet another attack on working people by striking at the freedom to come together in strong unions. The forces behind this case know that by joining together in strong unions, working people are able to win the power and voice they need to level the economic and political playing field.

Per Capita Increase

FOSCEP is required to pay per capita payments to our affiliate unions, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the AFT Pennsylvania (AFTPA), and the AFL-CIO on a yearly basis. These payments are regularly increased and are passed along to you. This money is used to assist AFT, AFTPA and AFL-CIO affiliates in defense of our members' rights, as well as for extraordinary legal expenses incurred defending our contract. We have a constitutional responsibility per the AFT constitution to pass along these per capita increases to you, currently our local is not in compliance with this document. The

FOSCEP on Social Media

FOSCEP now has it's own Facebook and Twitter pages. Follow all the latest FOSCEP news here:

Twitter: @FOSCEP

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AFTPA Capitol Update

April 19, 2018

House Moves Budget Bills Closer to Final Passage

This week, the House of Representatives moved several preferred and non-preferred appropriations bills closer to the final passage mark. This action included HB 2244, the non-preferred appropriations bill for Temple University. On March 13, the general appropriations bill, HB 2121, received its second consideration in the House and was re-referred to the Appropriations Committee. In this posture, the budget will be up for final passage upon a motion to move the bill from committee.

So far, this group of budget bills is considered

Keep Track of Pennsylvania Budget and Political News

Here's a good website to keep track of all the latest Pennsylvania budget and political news, they also have a Facebook page and Twitter feed:

City and State PA

FOSCEP 2017-2019 Board of Directors' Election Results

2017 FOSCEP Board of Directors' Election Results

The following are your elected representitives for the FOSCEP Board of Directors, who will serve a two-year term from July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2019:

President: No person received enough write-in votes
Vice President: Brett Reigh
Treasurer: Gerald Bennett
Secretary: No person received enough write-in votes
2nd VP, Education: John Kashatus
2nd VP, State Library: Iren Snavely
2nd VP, PHMC: Curt Miner
2nd VP, Corrections: Matthew McClelland
2nd VP, Other Agencies: Monica Harrower
Director, Education: Kevin Mauro
Director, Education: Jeffery Magnani
Director

The 2018 budget proposal released by the White House on March 16 "takes a meat cleaver to public education" and ignores promised investments in the types of skills, training and other vital family supports that Trump rode to the White House in 2016, AFT President Randi Weingarten says.