Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Lobbying groupUS-TXverified
Identifiers
- website
- https://www.tcta.org
- org kind
- professional_association
What this organization says it wants
Texas Classroom Teachers Association is on record about 3 bills, through federal lobbying filings and testimony to state committees. 2 of those state a side we can place on the scale. Naming a bill is not a position, so the rest count as involvement only.
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The positions, and the documents they come from
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AgainstTX-89-sb2Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.
“SB 2 by Creighton/Buckley establishes a statewide private school voucher program. Funding for the program is set by the Legislature for each biennium with $1 billion for the biennium beginning September 1, 2025. It passed the house 86-61. TCTA opposed the bill.”
Published by the organization2025Open the record
AgainstTX-89-sb2330Relating to payroll deductions for certain state and local government employee organizations.
“SB 2330 by Parker would have prohibited payroll deduction of membership dues for certain organizations representing state and local government employees, such as TCTA, undermining the ability of many dedicated public servants to participate in a professional organization.”
Published by the organization2025Open the record
ForTX-89-hb2Relating to public education and public school finance.
“a direct, across-the-board pay raise is a more effective vehicle to guarantee teachers get the raises they deserve.”
Published by the organization2025Open the recordnot counted yet
Marked positions are on record but not yet counted: we have not placed those bills on our scale, so they do not move any number on this page.
What it says on the issues
Statements that name no bill. Each was placed on one of our lines by reading the quote, and kept only where our quiz questions on that line, answered from the same quote, lean the same way. Each counts like one answer to a quiz question.
Educationmore policy activity in Education
“offered an amendment that would have added another $6.5 billion to increase teacher salaries. The amendment passed 82-66 , but was not included in the final version of the budget. A vote FOR the amendment is in support of TCTA”
Published by the organizationOpen the record
Education: Elementary & Secondarymore policy activity in Education: Elementary & Secondary
“offered an amendment that would have added another $6.5 billion to increase teacher salaries. The amendment passed 82-66 , but was not included in the final version of the budget. A vote FOR the amendment is in support of TCTA”
Published by the organizationOpen the record
Education: Elementary & Secondaryless policy activity in Education: Elementary & Secondary
“TCTA's positions are in opposition to the amendment. TCTA advocated for limiting tested subjects and including meaningful locally driven indicators rather than punitive measures.”
Published by the organizationOpen the record
Education: Excellenceless policy activity in Education: Excellence
“TCTA's positions are in opposition to the amendment. TCTA advocated for limiting tested subjects and including meaningful locally driven indicators rather than punitive measures.”
Published by the organizationOpen the record
1 more reading was held back because the quiz questions on that line did not agree with it, or could not be answered from the quote.
What we don't have on this organization
No politicians linked
We have no contribution from this organization to any candidate on file yet. The contribution walk is still running, so this may be a gap in our ingestion rather than in its giving.
No committee totals
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