Under the Dome: Weekly Updates 3/28/25

Under the Dome: Weekly Updates 3/28/25

News, Under the Dome

Dear MEA Members – Paid Family Leave – What Are Your Thoughts? One conversation that has dominated this legislative session is around the state’s new Paid Family Medical Leave Program. This law was passed last session, and once fully implemented will provide up to 12...
Under the Dome: Weekly Updates 3/28/25

Busy Week Ahead

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Dear MEA Members –MEA staff and member leaders are hard at work in our Legislature. The Education Committee, the Labor Committee, the Appropriations Committee, and others are all working through the hundreds of bills that have been submitted for this session.MEA...
Under the Dome: Weekly Updates 3/28/25

$50K the First Day?

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Dear MEA Members – On Wednesday, teachers from across the state showed up in the State House to support LD 34, An Act to Increase the Minimum Salary for Teachers. If passed and funded, this bill will raise the minimum salary for all teachers and certified professional...
Under the Dome: Weekly Updates 3/28/25

Before you leave for break…

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Dear MEA Members, Last week, over 20 MEA members appeared in the State House to testify before the Appropriations and Education Committees to address the Governor’s two-year budget proposal. The Governor’s budget does some good things – 55% state funding for schools,...