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IEA Member-Lobbyists Tell Governor: "Keep Your Promise"

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Approximately 1,000 Illinois Education Association (IEA) members came to the State Capitol Wednesday to tell Gov. Blagojevich to keep the promise that state funding for school districts would arrive during June, as scheduled. [Read More]

IEA/SIUC Professor Wins State Ethics Test Battle

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
A university professor who aced an ethics test has won a legal battle with state officials who wanted him punished for completing the written exam too quickly.

Higher Education Employees Storm Statehouse

Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Higher education employees from throughout Illinois came to Springfield Wednesday to urge legislators to reverse policies of neglect and, instead, invest in public colleges and universities.  Read more...

IEA Applauds BIMP Approval, Pushes for Education Funding Reform

Thursday, January 10, 2008
School districts across Illinois will finally begin to receive the $600 million increase in education funding authorized in November by lawmakers.

OpEd on Student Safety

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Statement from IEA President Ken Swanson - Recent news coverage has placed a spotlight on one of society’s most disturbing problems: the abuse of children by those entrusted to care for them – in this case, school employees. Though the attention is painful to the hundreds of thousands of selfless public and private school employees who teach and care for more than two and a half million Illinois students every day, this issue must never be ignored.
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