AFT Teachers Program and Policy Council Meeting 10/20-21/05, 2005

Agenda; chair's report; related meeting materials; AFT draft resolution on English Language Learners, October 4, 2005; draft resolution on elevating the practitioner voice in secondary school reform; list of members of AFT Program & Policy Council, 2005-2006; letter to Rep. John Boehner, chair of Committee on Education and the Workforce, from AFT president Edward McElroy, opposing Family Education Reimbursement Accounts, asserting that it would divert needed funds away from victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, October 19, 2005, with attached AFT Proposal under the Provisions of No Child Left Behind to Aid Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina; documents, Standards for Responsible and Responsive Teacher Unions; minutes of AFT Teachers Program & Policy Council, May 19-20, 2005; CD-ROM, Welcome to Teaching from the AFT; NYSUT Policy Council notes for the October meeting