New MEA legislative tracker online

Track bills with ease using MEA’s new legislative tracker

MEA has launched a new legislative tracking system designed to make it easier for you to follow the latest happenings at the state Capitol, particularly when it comes to legislation affecting our schools, our students and our families.

Visit mea.org/legislation to stay up-to-date on the latest from Lansing, including active and recently passed legislation affecting Michigan public education. Using the new tracker, powered by Gongwer’s bill tracking platform, you can choose specific areas of interest, such as school finance, safety, ESP issues, higher education and more.

In addition, we now have a new, easier-to-use system for contacting your lawmakers to support pro-education legislation. Thank you for being involved in advocating for public school students and educators!

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Alert: Contact your member of Congress to reject voucher scheme and Medicaid cuts

Congress is considering a dangerous budget proposal that includes a $20 billion federal school voucher scheme, which would drain critical resources from neighborhood public schools and funnel taxpayer dollars to for-profit private schools elsewhere. To add insult to injury, the budget proposal would make huge cuts to Medicaid for families and children across Michigan, causing […]

National report calls for improving educator compensation – which new Michigan Senate education budget emphasizes

EAST LANSING – A new report issued today by the National Education Association underscores the importance of improving compensation for educators – something the state Senate’s proposed education budget takes seriously, as highlighted in its presentation today. Michigan is lagging behind other states when it comes to paying educators competitive wages, leading to educator shortages […]