By Eric Ruder | March 27, 2023 | Legislative Update
File under: legislation, Springfield
The CTU had a very effective week in the Illinois legislature. Three pieces of CTU legislation passed the Illinois House late last week, and the Union and our legislative allies are positioning a fourth to move forward. These bills impact our ability to further organize workers in charter schools, address staffing shortages, and direct the State Board of Education to assess the educator evaluation system in Illinois.
By CTU Communications | June 2, 2021 | News
File under: legislation, Legislative, Springfield
The spring legislative session in Springfield has now ended – and the CTU’s legislative agenda advanced important improvements and protections for CTU members and the students and families we serve. This year had already been a huge success in the legislature – we... 
By Kurt Hilgendorf, Policy and Legislative Director | March 5, 2021 | Legislative Update, News
File under: Celina Villanueva, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, J.B. Pritzker, legislation, Legislative, Omar Aquino, Pritzker, Robert Martwick, Springfield, Sue Scherer, Will Guzzardi
The Illinois General Assembly has started its spring legislative session, and CTU is there advocating for what our schools need. Our goal is to build on our recent victories and to pass legislation that makes concrete improvements in school governance and oversight and that allows us to be more effective in our work.
By CTU Communications | May 26, 2020 | Legislative Update, News
File under: COVID-19, legislation, Legislative, Springfield
The abbreviated session impacted a range of education topics, such as school funding, remote learning conditions and extended deadlines for licensure renewal.
By Kurt Hilgendorf, Legislative Liaison | May 20, 2020 | Legislative Update
File under: legislation, Legislative
The Illinois State Legislature is meeting this week in a brief session to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including what school reopening may look like, as well as consider a state budget that covers next school year. Please email your state rep and state senator...By Stacy Davis Gates, Legislative Coordinator | May 10, 2011 | Legislative Update, News
File under: legislation, Pensions
Every day, we protect the future of our city. Now it’s time to make our legislators protect our futures. The House could vote on Senate Bill 512, legislation that would diminish your hard-earned pension benefits. Details about this dangerous bill are slowly...
