TRTA Social Media Blitz to Support Prop 9 Continues
The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) is continuing its social media blitz to draw attention to Prop 9, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) cost-of-living adjustment proposal that will appear on the November 7th General Election ballot. Our first round of social media drew a lot of attention, receiving almost 5,000 shares, 95 comments, and […]
More Than One Seventieth Anniversary
1953 was a monumental year. The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) was organized that year, and Tom and Jane Pritchard began life as husband and wife. Both attended Weatherford Junior College. They graduated with associate degrees on a Friday night and got married, in church, the following Tuesday evening. Tom said he asked Jane if […]
TRS Board Meets, Discusses Stipends, and Adds to Its Retirees Advisory Committee
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Board of Trustees convened September 14 and 15 for their quarterly meeting. The board discussed various topics including the payment of stipends for eligible TRS annuitants, new appointees to the TRS Retirees Advisory Committee (RAC), and the TRS Fall Health Care Fairs. Information About Stipends By now, TRS annuitants […]
TRTA Launches Social Media Blitz to Support Prop 9!
The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) launched its Vote FOR Prop 9 campaign with a Social Media Blitz on Tuesday, September 12. TRTA Executive Director Tim Lee hosted a live Facebook/YouTube event, letting members know about all of the plans now underway to support the passage of Prop 9 during the November General Election. How […]
Reminder: Tim Lee to Host Live Event September 12
Tim Lee, the Texas Retired Teachers Association’s (TRTA) Executive Director, will continue a series of Facebook and YouTube live events on September 12 at 4 p.m. CDT. The series focuses on passing the constitutional amendment related to a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for eligible Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) annuitants in the November General Election. You […]
Rep. Arrington Files HR 5342 Proposing WEP Reform
The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) is leading the charge with its national partners to reform and end the unfair Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). On Tuesday, September 5, Congressman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) filed HR 5342 (the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act) to address the WEP, an unfair federal provision which prevents retirees from receiving […]
Tim Lee Live on Facebook and YouTube on September 12
Mark your calendars for one week from today! Tim Lee, the Texas Retired Teachers Association’s (TRTA) Executive Director, will continue his series of Facebook and YouTube live events next Tuesday, September 12, at 4 p.m. CDT. The series focuses on passing Proposition 9, related to a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for eligible Teacher Retirement System of […]
TRTA Member Gives Back
By Frana Patterson, TRTA Second Vice-President Bata Boyd, 86 years old, is a member of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) in District 11. Bata is a former educator, but she is not retired! She is continually thinking of new ways to help others. One example is the New Teacher Roundup. This event provides supplies, […]
Verify Your Voter Registration Status
As members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) may know, the constitutional amendment that will ask Texas voters to approve funding for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for eligible annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) on the November 2023 General Election ballot is Proposition 9! Read details about the proposed COLA at this […]
Reminder: Tim Lee to Host Facebook/YouTube Live Event Today
Tim Lee, the Texas Retired Teachers Association’s (TRTA) Executive Director, will continue a series of Facebook and YouTube live events today, August 8, at 4 p.m. CDT. The series will focus on passing Prop 9 related to a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for retirees in the November General Election. You can read details about the proposed COLA at […]