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Legislative Update | Week Ending 2-14-2025
Legislative activities are back in full swing, and we anticipate movement to begin in the coming weeks on some of the legislation we are working to advance. Much of last [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update | Week Ending 2-7-2025
The 114th General Assembly this week resumed their regular legislative session business following a short break and a special session called by Governor Bill Lee. Legislation we’re working to advance: [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update | Week Ending 1-17-2025
114th General Assembly: TSEA Priorities and helpful links The One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly has officially convened as of Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at noon (CST). As the legislative session [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 4-6-2024
As another week closes on the hill, regular standing committees are continuing to close down while final budget negotiations are concluding. We are expecting session to end in the next [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/23/2024
The legislature is moving about their business swiftly, and we anticipate they will conclude by mid-April. As the legislative session progresses, we continue to monitor and participate in the discussions [&hellip
Read More »TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/16/24
It’s been another busy week on the hill with routine departmental budget hearings making their way through various committees. Here are a few links to select hearings. On Monday, the [&hellip
Read More »TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/9/24
This week focused on Gov. Bill Lee’s State of the State and his proposed FY 24-25 budget. TSEA published a full recap of the governor’s speech and proposed budget on [&hellip
Read More »2023 Raises for Higher Education Employees
TSEA has closely monitored the Board of Trustees meetings of all universities since the legislative session concluded. Our aim is to inform our members about how the 5 percent salary [&hellip
Read More »Important Notice: Clarification on State Employee Pay for Performance raises and Benefit Improvements
Pay for Performance clarification We want to clarify a statement in our Legislative Update Week Ending 4-21-23. In the update, we mentioned that based on the budget which just passed [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/17/23
Great news, TSEA members! The TSEA Board has unanimously approved our Legislative agenda for 2023, and we are moving ahead focused on those priorities. You can view our legislative priorities [&hellip
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