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Raoul Teilhet Scholarships
Through this benefit of membership, the CFT has helped hundreds of students reach their higher education goals by awarding them Raoul Teilhet Scholarships.
The CFT offers scholarships to high school seniors and continuing college students who are children or dependents of CFT members in good standing. Students enrolled in four-year courses of study are eligible for $3000 scholarships; those enrolled in two-year courses of study are eligible for $1000.
CFT launches community schools training program
The CFT has launched a training program following Governor Newsom’s extraordinary allocation of $2.8 billion to expand existing community schools and establish new ones.
According to CFT President Jeff Freitas, “This is a national effort, and California now has the largest amount of funding in the nation for community schools. These funds will assist nearly 1,000 community schools in our state.”
The governor expanded the Community Schools Partnership Program in the state budget for 2021-22 by using one-time Prop 98 monies. The funds can be used through 2028. The program is a grant-based and schools will have to apply for the funding. The CFT is working to secure broad stakeholder committees in the regulations now being developed, including professional input from educators, staff, and their unions.
Legislature changes independent study to allow distance learning option
The state budget package for 2021-22 includes changes to independent study to allow all schools to offer a replacement for a distance learning option for students and families who prefer to remain outside of in-person instruction.
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Who Should Voters Trust to Run Orange County's Board of Education?
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Three of the four members of the board’s majority are on the ballot, and some are facing stiff competition to hang onto their seats.
Newport-Mesa Unified vows to bring more electives, equity to TeWinkle Middle School
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A forum about elective courses at the Costa Mesa campus evolved into a discussion about demographics, declining enrollment and creating parity with schools in Newport Beach.
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Tell our elected leaders in Sacramento to restore emergency COVID sick leave in CA
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Please take a moment to urge your elected leaders in Sacramento to restore emergency COVID sick leave in California for all workers, including those who work in our public schools.
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Stand with UC Teaching Faculty
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I stand with UC teaching faculty fighting for a more equitable UC. Our teachers deserve to be evaluated and compensated fairly for the world-class education they work so hard to provide. I want the UC...
Superintendent's Search - mailchi.mp/4c1e6196279c/superintendents-search
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Dear Members, The NMUSD School Board has hired a search committee for the hiring of our new superintendent. Throughout the summer, the recruitment firm that is handling the search will be conductin...
Please wear NMFT BLUE today, June 3! This simple step will directly support YOUR contract negotiations team at the bargaining table.
Wear NMFT BLUE tomorrow, June 3!
YOUR contract negotiations team has been making positive progress all spring!
Unions step up to help wildfire evacuees https://www.cft.org/article/unions-step-help-wildfire-evacuees
NMUSD, We need to be leaders for not only academics but for our students safety. Let's follow the most strict precautions to be safe. Our kids deserve it!
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The CFT Executive Council stands tall with the courageous members of @UTLAnow, who are walking the picket line for the future of public education! #WeAreLA #Strike4Ed #RedforEd
Costa Mesa Middle and High Schools support the schools all students deserve! #RedForEd #UTLASrong #IamCFT @CFTunion
Kaiser Elementary School walks in together. We support quality public education across our state! #RedForEd #UTLAstrong @CFTunion #IamCFT
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Wall Street and the CEOs didn't build this country. The middle class did. And the middle class was built by unions. Unions built the middle-class. And working families and unions will be the drivers of our success once again when we get through this.
JOE BIDEN
Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor.
JOHN F. KENNED
Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unions have been fighting the 1 percent vs 99 percent fight for more than 100 years. Now the rest of us are learning that this fight is also OUR fight.
DAVE JOHNSON
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
Elie Wiesel
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”
Malcom X
““Upon the subject of education … I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.”
Abraham Lincoln
There are vivid memories from my childhood - what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union. I suppose, if I wanted to be fair, I could say that I'm trying to settle a personal score. I could dramatize it by saying that I want to bring social justice to farm workers.
Caesar Chavez
"When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you."
Fanny Lou Hamer
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