Please thank the Senate Labor and
Industrial Relations Committee!

Yesterday (May 25) the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee showed us that they appreciate the dangers that teachers sometimes face as they serve our children.

A new law was proposed (HB 165) that would have changed the current law that entitles teachers who are injured by students to their full salary while they are disabled or recuperating.

The bill was approved by the House Education Committee and the House of Representatives, but after hearing our arguments against the bill, members of the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee voted unanimously to defer it. That means it will not proceed any further this session.

Thanks to this committee, teachers who are injured by students will continue to receive their full pay, and not have to rely on workers’ compensation.

Please send a message and thank members of the committee for standing tall for teachers who have been injured on the job!