Early Update on Senate Action
TRTA Members Send Early Message Good morning. TRTA has received confirmation that these Senators will vote with Chairman Duncan: Senator Eltife; Senator Estes; Senator Fraser. Phone calls to these offices are no longer needed. They have all contacted TRTA and are truly appreciative of our members’ action and response to this improved legislation. We will […]
TRTA Supports “The Big Deal”
(New) Updated Email Campaign to Help TRS Retirees…click here to send an email now and read below for the complete update! TRTA Supports “The Big Deal” Actuarial Soundness and Helping Retirees Critical to Any TRS Solution Time is running out this legislative session. Much progress has been made to achieve several TRTA goals. Our members […]
Bills to Improve TRS get Improved; Promote Soundness and a Raise for Retirees
Bills to Improve TRS Get Improved Themselves: Changes Made, Changes Still in the Works Two bills (SB 1458 and HB 1884) aimed at improving the actuarial condition of the TRS pension fund were revised yesterday and voted out of both their Senate and House committees. TRTA members have done an amazing job of letting legislators […]
Let’s Make These Bills Better
Dear TRTA Members, Thank you for your commitment to improving retirement benefits for TRS retirees. This session has been far more positive on our issues than two years ago. This is due to your steadfast dedication to our work in the legislative process! We are at a critical moment in the legislative process. Our actions […]
TRTA Issues Front-and-Center Next Week
Pension Increase Bills in Committee; Action on TRS Pension Bills Special Update on TRS Legislation–New! Updated Email Campaign, click here to send New Email!! TRTA members have answered the call! Over 5,000 emails have been sent since yesterday. We do not know how many TRTA members have made phone calls, but we know that every […]
TRTA Supports Raise for Retirees
Expansion and Certainty are Key Points Two bills moving through the legislative process would provide some TRS retirees with a pension increase. The raise is contingent upon the passage of other benefit changes for future TRS retirees. It also suggests the raise will only be provided when other conditions are met. The proposed 3% cost-of-living […]
Legislative Effort Aimed to Improve Actuarial Soundness and Provide for Cost-of-Living Increase
Modifications May Impact Current Active School Employees and Employers The Texas Senate State Affairs Committee and House Pensions Committee both laid out bills for public hearing today that make numerous changes to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS). While the bills discussed future retirement benefits for active employees, they did so as a way […]
TRTA Issues Take Center Stage
Retiree Budget Issues Raise Awareness Click Here to Send our Thank You Message to Your House member! Remember, thank you messages are as important, if not more so, than our Action Messages. Good things are happening, but other groups are attacking our progress. Let’s send a stronger message than any other group in Texas!! Thank […]
TRTA Action Alert–Budget Debate Today; Email Campaign Underway
TRTA Action Alert: Email Campaign Underway… Please Click here to send your legislator an email asking them to support the Ratliff and Keffer amendments! Texas House Ready to Debate Budget TRTA Members Focus on Our Needs The Texas House of Representatives will debate their version of the Texas budget this week. The Senate voted out […]
TRTA Supports Measure that Assures Funding Level
Member Effort to Secure Additional Co-Sponsors Has Major Impact The House Pensions Committee this week heard a bill by Representative Charles Perry (Lubbock). HB 99 is a bill that requires the state to tie their base-level contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) to no less than what the federal government requires in […]