Retiring this school year?
You can continue a portion of your current, active CTA-endorsed Life Insurance from Standard Insurance Company (The Standard) if you maintain a CTA-NEA Retired Lifetime Membership and apply within 120 days of retirement. This is a limited-time opportunity. Apply now by calling The Standard’s CTA Customer Service Department which is listed below.

Changing school districts after this school year?
Your CTA-endorsed coverage from The Standard doesn’t transfer with you to your new district. To retain your coverage, you’ll need to reapply. You can do so with no health questions asked within 180 days of a district change or transfer. You may choose to continue your coverage at the current level or you can apply for new Disability Insurance coverage and up to $200,000 of Life Insurance if you would like to add or increase your coverage. To learn more or reapply, visit standard.com/cta/newhire.

Moving this summer? Call The Standard to update your home mailing address so we can keep our records up-to-date.

The Standard’s dedicated CTA Customer Service Department 
800-522-0406 (TTY)
7 a.m. – 6 p.m., Pacific Time, Monday through Friday

For pricing and further details of coverage such as any exclusions, limitations, reductions and benefit waiting periods, as well as the terms under which the policy may be continued in force, contact The Standard’s dedicated CTA Customer Service Department at 800-522-0406, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Protecting Students
Resources for educators and steps to reduce bullying and harassment at school. NEA EdJustice?

Must-Watch for Educators
Inside California Education is a public television series that explores challenges, issues and stories of public education. Just recently they featured California’s Teacher of the Year (and CTA member!) Rosie Reid. They also have an excellent newsletter!

Click here to download the agenda

Click here to download the minutes

Bargaining update #14

Tentative Agreement #9

Governor’s 2019–20 STRS Proposed Budget update — CalSTRS Supplemental Pension Payments
The Governor’s budget proposes additional contributions to CalSTRS on behalf of employers and the state over several fiscal years, which is expected to lower short- and long-term contribution rates through the remainder of the funding plan.

The CalSTRS Funding Plan (AB 1469–Bonta, 2014) – put the CalSTRS Defined Benefit Program on the path to full funding in 32 years through incremental shared contribution increases among the program’s three contributors: CalSTRS members, employers (school districts, county offices of education and community college districts) and the State
of California.

Governor Newsom’s 2019–20 Budget – proposes to provide supplemental payments to CalSTRS to address the unfunded actuarial obligation of the system and reduce contribution rates for employers and the state.

CalSTRS’ Funded Status and Unfunded Actuarial Obligation – The funded status is the ratio of CalSTRS’ assets to the value of educators’ promised benefits. An unfunded actuarial obligation (UAO) exists when the system’s obligations exceed its assets. As of June 30, 2018, the funded status of the CalSTRS Defined Benefit Program was 64.0 percent, based on the actuarial value of assets, and the UAO was $107.2 billion.

Information on opportunities for teachers to participate in state assessment – development and implementation -http://www.caaspp.org/getinvolved/getinvolved.html

Equality California 2019 safe & supportive schools report card-

Safesupportiveschools.org

SafeSchools@eqca.org

Teachers in New Haven, which is in Union City, have been out for nine days so far. Please contribute to the NHTA strike fund. You can do so via the online link on the CTA website, at www.cta.org. Your contribution will be acknowledged online. In addition:

• Go to the NHTA Facebook page and post encouragement and love https://www.facebook.com/WeAreNHTA/

• Go to the NHTA Twitter page and post encouragement and love https://www.twitter.com/WeAreNHTA

• DONATE FUNDS to NHTA- Our strike fund needs a boost. Please contribute at https://www.gofundme.com/nhta-needy-teacher-fund

• We need NHUSD Board President Sharan Kaur to honor her promise to reach a fair settlement. Call 510-909-1592 or skaur@nhusd.k12.ca.us from your home account.