Texas Retired Teachers Foundation: A Home for Educators
Support the Foundation by viewing and sharing their fourth video! Tim Lee, the Executive Director of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA), started his job just as TRTA opened the doors to its permanent home. The building was the product of years of hard work and fundraising by the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF). The […]
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Texas Retired Teachers Foundation: Paving the Way for Active Teachers!
Support the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation by viewing and sharing this video! The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF) provided Angie Lassiter, a bilingual teacher, a $500 grant to purchase new books for her elementary school classroom. In this video, Lassiter explains how receiving the grant allows her to do her job. TRTF’s Foundation Month is […]
Texas Retirement System Finalizes TRS-Care Sustainability Study
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Board of Trustees met today (Friday, October 17) to discuss findings from the recently finalized sustainability study of the TRS-Care retiree health insurance program. The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) attended the meeting, and Executive Director Tim Lee provided public comment regarding the imminent funding gap the insurance […]
Texas Retired Teachers Foundation: Empowering Educators!
Support the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation by viewing and sharing this video! The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF) preserves the legacies of public school personal through its charitable giving. Emily Tannert, a high school band teacher in Georgetown, Texas, explains her reaction to receiving a grant from the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF). TRTF’s foundation […]
Texas Retired Teachers Foundation: Connecting Generations of Educators!
Support the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation by viewing and sharing this video! The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation (TRTF) preserves the legacies of public school personal through its charitable giving. Jamie Larson, a retired band teacher, was inspired to become TRTF Board Trustee after seeing his former band hall custodian receiving food at a food bank. […]
Senate Finance Committee Meets to Discuss TRS Funding
The Senate Finance Committee met at the Capitol building in Austin yesterday to consider the current status and funding needs of several state agencies and programs for the next biennium. The committee heard invited testimony from the Legislative Budget Board (LBB), which provided presentations about major cost drivers for the state budget. The Teacher Retirement […]
Special Election for Senate District 28 Tomorrow!
Tomorrow (September 9) is the special election to fill the seat being vacated by Senator Robert Duncan in Senate District 28. Many TRTA members are quite familiar with Senator Duncan and his work to improve and protect retirement benefits for Texas public educators. Last session, Senator Duncan authored Senate Bill 1458, which provided the first […]