TRTA Action Alert: Support Coleman Amendment
TRTA Action Alert: HB 1 to House Floor Support the Coleman Amendment to Restore TRS-Care Funding TRTA members have worked diligently since session began asking their legislators to restore funding to the TRS-Care health insurance program. After months of crafting their final budget recommendation, the House Appropriations Committee did NOT recommend any restoration to cuts […]
TRTA Day at the Capitol “Inspires” Legislators
A Great Success! TRTA Day at the Capitol Makes Impact on Texas Legislature More than 800 TRTA members converged on the Texas Capitol today to stress the importance of maintaining state appropriations to the TRS-Care health insurance program and TRS pension trust fund. TRTA members delivered a message to the Texas Legislature, and it came […]
TRTA Day at the Capitol is Here; TRS Candidate Information
TRTA Day at the Capitol is Here; TRS Candidate Information Email Your Legislators Now TRTA members from all over the state will arrive in Austin tomorrow to promote the TRTA Legislative agenda and to urge legislators’ help with protecting current health care and pension funding. TRTA expects about 500 members to visit the Capitol complex […]
TRTA Day at the Capitol Update!
TRTA is hosting its Day at the Capitol on March 23. Please click here to send an email to legislators and their staff inviting them to attend and telling them we appreciate their work on our behalf. In addition to thanking legislators for their work, TRTA is using this day to stress four primary legislative […]
TRTA Rally in 1 Week!
Education Retirees to Descend on Austin in 1 Week! TRTA Day at the Capitol is set for Wednesday, March 23, 2011. This statewide event will raise awareness on the issues most important to Texas public education retirees and encourage immediate legislative action to address them. TRTA hopes to have a big crowd at the event! […]
TRS Pension Fund Soars Above $108 Billion
TRS Pension Fund Soars Above $108 Billion Benefits Guaranteed Through 2083 TRTA ACTION ALERT – CLICK HERE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO LEGISLATORS ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR PENSION AND HEALTH CARE BENEFITS. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) released its February 28, 2011 valuationtoday. This report takes a snapshot of the fund’s value and provides […]
House Budget Work Moves Forward
House Appropriations Committee Discusses TRS Budget Full Committee Hears Testimony on Proposed Cuts TRTA Action Alert—Click Here to Send Email Now Asking Legislators to Restore TRS Funding. TRS-Care participants could see premium increases of 30 to 80 percent in the coming biennium! TRS pension funding is being cut by nearly $500 million. Action is needed […]
TRTA Inside Line Update on Defined Contribution
TRS Employees Should NOT have Been in Bill, says Representative Sheets House Bill 1974, filed by State Representative Kenneth Sheets (R, HD-107), calls for all new public employees (including active school employees) hired after September 1, 2012 to participate in a defined contribution plan rather than the current defined benefit plan. TRTA has spoken with […]
Senate Finance Committee Addresses TRS Funding
TRTA Calls on Senate to Restore Funding Cuts Senators Respond with Comments in Support of Higher TRS Funding TRTA testified in Texas Senate Finance Committee about the proposed TRS budget cuts. As TRTA members know, both Senate and House versions of the Texas legislative budget proposal suggests cutting the state contribution to the TRS pension […]
Pensions Committee Update–February 22, 2011
TRTA Advocates for Protection of the Pension Trust and Retiree Health Care House PIFS Committee Told Care Premiums May be on the Rise The House Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services (PIFS) committee met today to hear invited testimony from state, county, and municipal pension fund directors, as well as to receive invited testimony from many […]