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5 winter 2014
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HOLDING
CARD,
BOY
HOLDING
BOOKS,
RAISED
HANDS/ISTOCK/THINKSTOCK
Show your
appreciation by
giving school board
members a public
ATPE membership
(only $10)!
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Join us at the state
capitol for Political
Involvement
Training and
Lobby Day.
atpe.org/lobbyday
Apply for one of
fve $1,500 grants
for Texas public
school libraries.
atpefoundation.org
Nominate a
colleague for
Educator of the
Year by Feb. 1.
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call (800) 777-2873 to be put in touch with your region ofcers
red dates indicate atpe deadlines
December
22–31 ATPE state o ce closed for winter break
January
1–2 ATPE state o ce closed for winter break
10 Region 10 meeting
12 Region 9 meeting
13 84th Texas Legislature convenes
17 Region 1 meeting
19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (ATPE state o ce closed)
24 Region 10 meeting; Region 18 meeting; Region 20 meeting
31 Last day to join ATPE via payroll deduction
February
1 Nomination deadline: Educator of the Year and Sam Houston Award for
Political Involvement
2 Application deadline: ATPE Foundation Beth Ann Rogers Literacy Initiative
grants
13 State Board of Education meeting
20–21 Third Quarter Board of Directors meeting
22–23 Political Involvement Training and Lobby Day
24 Volunteer Succession Planning webinar (open to local unit/regional o cers)
March
1 Texas Public Schools Week
2 Entry deadlines: Educator of the Year, Local Unit of the Year, Campus
Representative of the Year, and Sam Houston Award for Political Involvement
15 Deadline: State o cer nominations and proposed bylaws amendments and
resolutions due in state o ce
28 Region 6 meeting; Region 15 meeting
School Board Recognition Month
Career & Technology Education Month
Music in Our Schools Month
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LEGISLATIVE