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 […]
Simple Steps to Protect Your Health Care and Pension Plans
The 84th Legislative Session is still a few months away, but that doesn’t mean that members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) are sitting still. In fact, our members are ready to start protecting their benefits and getting the word out that their health care and pension should be top priorities in 2015! This […]
Early Voting Starts Monday for Senate District 28 Special Election
Members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) who live in Senate District 28 have the opportunity to vote in a special election to replace Senator Robert Duncan beginning Monday, August 25. Early voting will continue through Friday, September 5. Please note that there will be no early voting on Monday, September 1 due to […]
Election News: Senate Districts 4 and 28!
Members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) who reside in Texas Senate District 4 voted last week during a special runoff election. A special election for Texas Senate District 4 was held on Saturday, May 10 to fill the seat being vacated by Senator Tommy Williams. Senator Williams served a vital role in the […]
Election News: Special Election in Senate District 4 Tomorrow!
Members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) who reside in Texas Senate District 4 need to VOTE during tomorrow’s special runoff election! You may recall that a special election for Texas Senate District 4 was held on Saturday, May 10 to fill the seat being vacated by Senator Tommy Williams. Senator Williams served a […]
TRTA Attacked, Time to Set the Record Straight
TRTA Members Being Called to Action! Recently, a blog post written by Empower Texans (a conservative think tank well known for its political activism) regarding the TRS-Care retiree health insurance funding crisis portrayed the fund’s shortfall as a battle between political factions, and misrepresented several key facts in the ongoing quest to adequately fund the […]
House Appropriations and Pensions Committees Meet to Discuss TRS-Care
TRTA Calls for Higher State Appropriation to Avert Drastic and Unaffordable Premium Increases for TRS-Care participants Yesterday, July 10, the Texas House Appropriations and Pensions Committees met to review the TRS-Care retiree health insurance program, among other items. The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) was invited to provide expert testimony as part of a panel […]