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US teachers union leader likes RRPS
National AFT President Randi Weingarten listens to a student’s question in Karie Hess’s first-grade classroom at Stapleton Elementary. Gary Herron photo.
It isn’t every day that a national president visits Rio Rancho, but such was the case April 9 when American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten came to town.
Former Rio Rancho Elementary teacher Stephanie Ly, now the American Federation of Teachers New Mexico president, and Rio Rancho School Employees Union President Billie Helean, who took the day off from her first-grade teaching duties at Stapleton Elementary, accompanied her. RRSEU Vice President Gino Satriana was also part of the entourage, which first visited the district’s transportation depot before making the short drive west on Northern Boulevard to Stapleton.
SB42 Requiring Employers To Pay More Into Retirement Fund For New Mexico Educators Passes Senate Committee
By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
SFNM News:
A bill that would require employers to pay more into the retirement fund for New Mexico educators passed the Senate Education Committee on a 5-3 party-line vote Wednesday.
Under Senate Bill 42, the employer contribution rate to the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board would go up by 1 percent a year for the next four years.
Senate President Pro Tem Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, said the legislation would “go a long way towards the solvency” of the pension system, which covers all employees in K-12 schools, public colleges and universities.
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