Delegates at the 2010 Representative Assembly raise their hands in a debate over new business.
NEA Representative Assembly
July 4, 2011
New Business Items
Item 34 - Requires NEA candidates to produce videos for election purposes.
Rejected.
Item 35 - NEA working to overturn Citizens United US Supreme Court decision.
Moved to be listed as legislative amendment #21.
Item 36 - Assist with NEA-Retired recruitment.
Adopted.
Item 37 - Investigate and inform members about intrusion of billionaires on education.
Adopted.
Item 38 - Identifying NEA-Retired members who have moved to a different state after retirement
as pro-education voters.
Adopted.
Item 39 - Conduct a survey on servicing students with special needs.
Adopted.
Item 40 - Document the effect of increasing class size for pre-k to grade 12.
Rejected.
Item 41 - Find future convention locations that provide sufficient internet bandwidth.
Refer to the Annual Meeting Review Committee.
All of these items 41 (internet), 52 (shuttle service), 56 (public action), 57 (scholarships) , 61 (women's suffrage)
Referred to the Annual Meeting Review Committee.
Item 42 - Create a Fine Arts Advocacy Task Force.
Rejected.
Item 43 - Play short film during RA lunch break.
Unable to debate due to time it would take to reformat film.
Item 44 - Request all state educational officials issue a report on special education federal funding gap.
Approved.
Item 45 - NEA-HIN to provide links to mental health screenings on website.
Approved.
Item 46 - Write a letter to state and federal leaders advocating right to organize and bargain.
Approved.
Item 47 - Promotes 75th Anniversary of Further Teachers of America.
Approved.
Item 48 - $25,000 to train members on environmentally healthy schools.
Rejected.
Policy Statement on Teacher Evaluation and Accountability
Amendment 1 - due process, friendly modification approved
Amendment 2 - striking misconduct, friendly modification approved
Amendment 3 - replacing "organization" with "affiliate, friendly modification approved
Amendment 4 - students, supervisors, friendly modification approved
Amendment 5 - "can" added; rejected, unfriendly and inconsistent with the policy statement
Amendment 6 - developmentally appropriate tests, friendly modification approved
Amendment 7 - developmentally appropriate tests, friendly modification approved
Amendment 8 - rejected, unfriendly and inconsistent with the policy statement
Amendment 9 - rejected evaluator credentials, intent friendly, however, with state differences,
this amendment could not be addressed on a national level
Amendment 10 - evaluation feedback, friendly modification approved
Amendment 11 - performance standards, friendly modification approved
Many questions around the policy were addressed to the assembly.
Approved.
Elections Results
Presidential Endorsement -YES (72.03%)
Constitutional Amendment 1 as Modified - Failed (65.7%)
Bylaw Amendment 1 - Failed (57.89%)
Bylaw Amendment 2 - Failed (55.15%)
Bylaw Amendment 3 - Passed (70.17%)
Board of Directors, Higher Education - Lisa Ossian
Board of Directors, ESP At-Large - Leslie Dake
Legislative Amendments
Amendment 1 - Voting and Election Reform, accepted as a friendly amendment
Amendment 2 - Clarity of language to include colleges and universities in substance abuse/dependency
section, adopted amendment
Amendment 3 - Human and Civil Rights, not adopted (existing language addresses these issues)Amendment 4 - School Choice, withdrawn
Amendment 5 - Social Security (taxing all earned income, not just the first $100,000.00), adopted
Amendment 6 - Education Funding Misuse, adopted as amended
Amendment 7 - Decrease 1,250 work hour requirement to qualify for FMLA, accepted as a friendly
amendment
Amendment 8 - Voting Election and Reform - withdrawn
Amendment 9 - Federal initiatives that support state teacher certification requirements for teachers,
adopted
Amendment 10 - Juvenile justice to include juvenile offenders that attend public schools, adopted
Amendment 11 - Ensuring proper custodial procedures for safe and healthy learning environments,
adopted
Amendment 12 - Protecting full funding, out of order (conflicts with NEA policy)
Amendment 13 - Ending discrimination and harassment of school employees, adopted as amended
Amendment 14 - Life sentences for youth offenders, rejected
New Business Items
Item 49 - Start a campaign against privatization.
Rejected.
Item 50 - Oppose exploitation of NEA families under the threat of foreclosure.
Rejected.
Item 51 - Sponsor a national art competition to increase awareness of the labor movement.
Referred to committee.
Item 52 - Referred to committee earlier today.
Item 53 - Inform policy makers regarding the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project.
Adopted.
Item 54 - Support non-classroom teachers who positions are being eliminated.
Adopted.
Item 55 - Encourage member participation in crisis events that promote public education.
Adopted.
Item 56 - Referred to committee earlier today.
Item 57 - Referred to committee earlier today.
Item 58 - Urge state and local affiliates to develop media response committees using online resources.
Rejected.
Item 59 - At all NEA function contract with businesses who employ unionized workers.
Adopted.
Motion to refer to committee: 82 (larger monitors), 85 (healthy food), 92 (phone, computer recharging
stations), 97 (voting hours). Referred to committee.
Item 60 - Join and publicly endorse the Campaign for New Priorities.
Referred to committee.
Item 61 - Referred to committee earlier today.
Item 62 - Research and publish the trend of elimination of library programs.
Withdrawn.
Item 63 - Investigate reconstitutions, co-locations, and closures of schools serving low income and/or
minorities.
Rejected.
Item 64 - Funding EMAC meetings and WIC meetings.
Withdrawn.
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