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As of today, June 30th, 2020, I will no longer be able to serve you as your President of our Teachers' Association. I wish for you all a successful year under the leadership of your new President, Joal Bova, our former Vice President for Special Education. Thank you for all of your words of encouragement and support. I will miss working with all of you. 

Sincerely,

Hilary Reilly 

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Please sign the petition http://chng.it/PRn6GwZtZy sent by our NYSUT President, Andy Pallotta, to let your voices be heard loud and clear that schools need to reopen SAFELY!

In addition, New York State Resources and Guidance Documents regarding schools and educational policy can be found at the link below. (updated daily)

https://www.nysut.org/resources/special-resources-sites/coronavirus-toolkit/state


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Union wins APPR reprieve

Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday signed a bill suspending, for an additional year, the Annual Professional Performance Review process. Advanced through grassroots advocacy from NYSUT members and lobbying by union legislative staff, the bill recently passed both the state Senate and the Assembly.

“As we come to the end of another school year that has been anything but normal, we welcome the governor’s decision to suspend the APPR process for another year,” said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta. “We will continue working with the legislature and the governor to address the APPR

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Now that our Sick Bank donation policy has been officially updated, Questar III Human Resources and RCG BOCES Teachers' Association are prepared to accept donations to join the Sick Bank for the 2020-2021 School Year. The deadline for submission of the Sick Bank Donation form is Friday, June 12th, 2020 by the end of day.
 
As per our April/May 2020 union meetings, it has been decided that the contribution will be ONE DAY PER YEAR to participate in the Sick Bank for the following year in order to become eligible to have access to the Sick Bank (as per contract criteria) for the 2020-2021 school
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For over a decade, the United States Postal Service has been plagued with the onerous burden of prefunding its retiree health care benefits as mandated by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) of 2006. The mandate requires the Postal Service to prefund its retiree health care benefits 75 years in advance, paying for retirement health care for individuals who haven’t been born yet, let alone enter the workforce. This has resulted in 100% of the USPS net losses each year.


This bill would repeal this mandate and allow the postal service to continue its services to the public at

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As we enter into the school closure phase of the COVID-2019 response, RCG BOCES TA wants to know if you encounter any issues that may need to be addressed. If you have any questions or concerns at any time, please feel free to comment concisely below so that we may best address the needs of you during this difficult time. Please feel free to revisit this form to continue to pose questions and concerns at any time. Your union is here to support you and your students throughout the process. 

 
PLEASE NOTE: Use your Home/Personal Email in order for us to be able to respond to your questions
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Address

Po Box 8621
Albany , NY 122080621

Phone number: 518 356 0113

E-mail address: Joalbova@yahoo.com

Officers

Name Title
  • Joal Bova
President
  • Jefferson Lamountain
Vice-President
  • Emily Bluhm-allen
Secretary
  • Serina Jorgensen
Treasurer
  • Rebecca Lanier
1st Vice-President
  • Christine Miller
Co-chair
  • Joal Bova
  • Christine Miller
Exec Comm
  • Lisa Baron
Grievance Chair
  • Christine Miller
Membership Chair
  • Joal Bova
Retiree Chair/Rep