WEAC members gear up for GSSAP

WEAC members are talking to their school boards and community members, buying red apparel for I See Red Day, and solidifying strategies as the Great Schools Statewide Action Plan moves into high gear.

The WEAC Representative Assembly adopted the Great Schools Statewide Action Plan in April. The goal is to win support for a revised system of school funding that ensures that every child has access to an adequately funded public education and a fair collective bargaining law for teachers and education support professionals. Those goals include repeal of school district revenue controls, which have robbed schools of the resources needed to maintain quality education, and repeal of the Qualified Economic Offer (QEO) law, which has stripped teachers of their collective bargaining rights and driven them out of our great schools.

Locals have committed to take a variety of actions and measures, including I See Red Day on October 15 and requesting local school boards to pass resolutions to repeal the QEO and revenue controls.

Members are working to implement their activities in the coming weeks. For example, Cuba City members have formally asked their school board to pass the resolution.
WEAC is providing a wide variety of resources, including a GSSAP resource page on the Members Only section of OnWEAC.

Last week's OnWEAC SpeakOut newsletter contained a sample letter to the editor, column and news release for members to localize and use in their communities. It also contains a message and talking points for members to use when discussing the GSSAP.

Future issues of SpeakOut will contain more information about the GSSAP. To see the current issue of SpeakOut, visit the Members Only section of OnWEAC.