2016
Action Alert #14- BESE needs to hear your voice!
Information Alert- REMINDER Stakeholder Input Needed on Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (July 22, 2016)
Action Alert #13- SEAP Needs To Hear Your Voice! (July 8, 2016)
Information Alert- Stakeholder Input Needed on Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (July 1, 2016)
Information Alert- La. D.D. Council seeking nominations for Advisory Council on Student Behavior and Discipline (June 24, 2016)
Action Alert #12- Put on your Purple, BESE needs to hear your voice! (June 15, 2016)
Information Alert- Partners Workshops in June (June 1, 2016)
Action Alert #11- Your Representative Needs To Hear Your Voice! (May 22, 2016)
Action Alert #10 – House Education Committee needs to hear your voice! (May 13, 2016)
Action Alert #9 – SEAP Needs to Hear Your Voice! (May 9, 2016)
Information Alert – Results of Senate Education Committee on 4/28/2016 (April 29, 2016)
Action Alert #8 – Put on your Purple. Senate Education Committee Needs to Hear your voice! (April 25, 2016)
Corrected Action Alert #7- Let LDOE Know Your Priorities for Spending Special Education Funds (April 13, 2016)
Information Alert – Partners Workshops Coming Soon (April 1, 2016)
Action Alert #6 – Put on your Purple. SEAP needs to hear your voice! (March 24, 2016)
Action Alert #5 – Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (February 29, 2016)
Information Alert – Join the Council’s Advocacy Leadership Team (January 22, 2016)
Action Alert #4 – Put on your Purple- SEAP needs to hear your voice! (January 15, 2016)
Action Alert #3 – Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (January 5, 2016)
2015
Send Holiday Greetings to Your Legislators (December 9, 2015)
Information Alert – MFP Task Force/ Equitable Funding Update (October 28, 2015)
Information Alert- Register TODAY for the 2015 Advocacy Leadership Conference (October 28, 2105)
Keep your Purple on. MFP Task Force Meets October 20th (October 14, 2015)
Put on your Purple. BESE Meetings on October 13, 2015 (October 6, 2015)
Information Alert- SEAP Meeting on September 30th (September 25, 2015)
Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (August 7. 2015)
SEAP needs to hear your voice! SEAP meets Friday, July 17th (July15, 2015)
Information Alert – Seeking Applicants for LaTEACH & LaCAN Leaders & DD Council Membership (July 10, 2015)
Information Alert – Governor Jindal signed SB267! (Equitable funding) (June 6, 2015)
Information Alert – BESE Meets Next Week (June 11, 2015)
Equitable funding for students with disabilities sent to Governor (June 10, 2015)
Charter schools bank funding intended for students with disabilities in traditional schools (SB267 House) (May 23, 2015)
Put on Your Purple On! The House Education Committee needs to hear your voice! (May 15, 2015)
Information Alert – Update on equity in charter schools! (April 28, 2015)
Do you want funding to be equitable across school systems? Contact Senators RE: SB 267 (April 21, 2015)
Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (April 8, 2015)
Put on your Purple. SEAP needs to hear our voice! (March 24, 2015)
Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (March 2, 2015)
CORRECTION- Your U.S. Senator needs to hear your thoughts on the Re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)! (February 25, 2015)
Your U.S. Senator needs to hear your thoughts on the Re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)! (February 24, 2015)
Share your thoughts on the Department of Education’s State Systemic Improvement Plan: State-Identified Measurable Result (February 3, 2015)
Let LaTEACH Know Your Recommendations for the Act 833 Leadership Steering Committee Meeting (January 30, 2015)
Put on your Purple. SEAP needs to hear your voice! (January 20, 2015)
Action Alert – Attend a Legislative Roundtable (January 12, 2015)
Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (January 7, 2015)
2014
Let LaTEACH Know Your Recommendations for the Act 833 Leadership Steering Committee (December 29, 2014)
Put on your Purple. House & Senate Education Committee Members need to hear your voice! (December 11, 2014)
Put on your Purple. The Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) Task Force needs to hear your voice! (December 8, 2014)
Information Alert- DDC Recruiting for Council Membership (November 26, 2014)
Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (November 25, 2014)
Comment on Louisiana’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Waiver Extension Application (November 20, 2014)
Put on your Purple.The Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) Task Force needs to hear your voice! (November 13, 2014)
Put on your Purple SEAP needs to hear your voice! (November 6, 2014)
Let LaTEACH Know Your Recommendations for the Act 833 Leadership Steering Committee (November 3, 2014)
Information Alert: 2015 LaTEACH Advocacy Agenda (October 28, 2014)
The Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) Committee needs to hear your voice! (October 8, 2014)
Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (October 7. 2014
Let LaTEACH Know Your Recommendations for the Act 833 Leadership Steering Committee (September 25, 2014)
Put on your Purple. The Accountabilty Commission needs to hear your voice! (September 19, 2014)
Put on you Purple. SEAP needs to hear your voice! (September 19, 2014)
Put on your Purple. The Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) Committee needs to hear your voice! (September 16, 2014)
Put on your Purple. Committees considering issues that impact students with disabilities need to hear your voice! (September 15, 2014)
Video Series on Act 833: Video No. 4- New Alternative Pathways for Grade Promotion and Graduation for Some Students with Disabilities in Louisiana: Why Act 833? (September 17, 2014)
Video Series on Act 833: Video No. 3- New Alternative Pathways for Grade Promotion and Graduation for Some Students with Disabilities in Louisiana: Special Education Supervisors Discuss Implementation Plans and Strategies (September 14, 2014)
Video Series on Act 833: Video No. 2- New Alternative Pathways for Grade Promotion and Graduation for Some Students with Disabilities in Louisiana: How and Why? (September 12, 2014)
Video Series on Act 833: Video No. 1- ViIntroducing New Alternative Pathways for Grade Promotion and Graduation for Some Students with Disabilities in Louisiana (September 4, 2014)
LaTEACH Alert: DD Council’s Act 833 Leadership Steering Committee (August 28, 2014)
LaTEACH Information Alert: BESE Heard Your Voices (August 14, 2014)
Action Alert- Students on LAA-1 would not be allowed to graduate (August 8, 2014)
BESE Meetings August 12 & 13, 2014 (August 6, 2014)
SEAP meeting date changed to August 4th (July 24, 2014)
Contact Members of BESE Advisory Committees and Your BESE Member (July 21, 2014)
LaTEACH Information Alert! Governor Jindal signed HB1015! (June 23, 2014)
Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (June 9, 2014)
Information Alert: Diploma Pathway bill, HB1015, passed Senate 37-0 (May 29, 2014)
Action Alert: Your State Senator needs to hear if you want diploma pathway (May 24, 2014)
Information Alert: HB1015 (Diploma Pathway bill) passed favorably by Senate Education Committee (May 23, 2014)
Action Alert: Purple Shirt Day – Senate Ed needs to hear if you want diploma pathway (May 19, 2014)
Information Alert: SEAP Meeting May 21st (May 16, 2014)
Information Alert: Funding Formula for Schools (MFP) passed BESE; Scheduled for Senate Education Committee (May 13, 2014)
Action Alert: Senate Ed need to hear if you want diploma pathway (May 12, 2014)
Action Alert: Teachers could have children arrested! (May 8, 2014)
Information Alert: Diploma/Promotion bill passes Full House 99-0 (May 8, 2014)
Do you want promotion and diploma pathways for all students? Tell You Louisiana House Representative! (April 30, 2014)
Information Alert: Diploma/Promotion bills pass House Education Committee (April 30, 2014)
Put on your Purple. Senate Education Committee needs to hear your voice! (April 29, 2014)
LaTEACH Purple Shirt Alert: Tuesday, April 29th – House Ed will hear diploma and promotion bills (April 27, 2014)
Change of Date! Tuesday April 29th Purple Shirt Day; House Ed needs to hear if you want diploma pathway (April 24, 2014)
Do you want a diploma pathway for all students? Tell House Education Committee Members! (April 22, 2014)
House Ed need to hear if you want diploma pathway (April 13, 2014)
Infomation Alert: BESE Special Meeting (March 13, 2014)
Put on your Purple for BESE Special Meeting on 3/13/2014 (March 12, 2013)
Put on your Purple BESE needs to hear your voice! (Februar 27, 2014)
Put on your Purple SEAP needs to hear your voice! (February 12, 2014)
SEAP Meeting Cancelled (February 10, 2014)
Put on your Purple SEAP needs to hear your voice! (February 6, 2014)
Information Alert – NEW Dates for Legislative Roundtables in New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Houma/Thibodaux (February 4, 2014)
Information Alert – Legislative Roundtables Postponed in Houma/ Thibodaux Area (January 28, 2014)
Information Alert – Legislative Roundtables Postponed in New Orleans & Baton Rouge (January 27, 2014)
Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (January 7, 2014)
Put on your Purple. MFP Task Force needs to hear your voice! (January 2, 2014)
2013
Information Alert: SEAP Heard LaTEACH’s Voice! (December 20, 2013)
Put on your Purple. MFP Task Force needs to hear your voice! (December 19, 2013)
Put on your Purple. SEAP needs to hear your voice! (December 13, 2013)
MFP Task Force Meeting Cancelled (December 12, 2013)
Put on your Purple. MFP Task Force needs to hear your voice! (December 10, 2013)
ACTION ALERT – Send Holiday Greetings to Policymakers (December 5, 2013)
Put on your Purple. BESE needs to hear your voice! (Novemeber 26, 2013)
Let the U.S. DOE know your Thoughts about Ending LAA-2! (November 20, 2013)
Information Alert: Education Advocacy Agenda & Webinar (November 14, 2013)
Put on your Purple. The Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) Task Force needs to hear your voice- Upcoming Meetings (November 11, 2013)
Information Alert: House Committee on Education Briefing on Common Core State Standards (November 1, 2013)
Information Alert: Updates of recent BESE and the MFP Task Force Meetings (October 23, 2013)
Put on your Purple. The Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) Task Force needs to hear your voice! (October 18, 2013)
Put on your Purple shirt! Join fellow LaTEACH members at BESE, October 15th-16th (October 8, 2013)
The DD Council Wants To Hear From You (September 22, 2013)
Put on your Purple. The Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP) needs to hear your voice! (September 20, 2013)
Put on your Purple. The Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) Task Force needs to hear your voice! (September 13, 2013)
How do you feel about the new Common Core Assessments? Tell Your Superintendent! (September 11, 2013)
Put on your Purple: The MFP Task Force needs to hear your voice! (August 28, 2013)
LaTEACH Job Opportunities (August 26, 2013)
Put on your purple and meet us at the MFP Task Force meeting on September 4th! (August 15, 2013)
Information Alert – Advocacy Conference (August 6, 2013)
Put on your Purple, August BESE Meetings (August 5, 2013)
Information Alert – PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual (July 26, 2013)
Put on your Purple, The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) needs to hear your voice! (June 15, 2013)
June BESE Meetings (June 10, 2013)
Put on Your Purple, The Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP) needs to hear your voice! (June 4, 2013)
Feedback Requested on Louisiana State IDEA Plan and Budget for 2013-2014 (May 31, 2013)
Information Alert – Minimum Foundation Program (Education Funding) rejected by the Senate Education Committee! (May 21, 2013)
PUT ON YOUR PURPLE, Join other advocates TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the State Capitol in the Senate Education Committee Meeting (May 20, 2013)
Senate Education Committee will vote on drastic changes to special education funding! (May 17, 2013)
Information Alert- Senate Education Committee Returned The Education Funding (May 15, 2013)
PUT ON YOUR PURPLE, Join other advocates tomorrow, May 15, 2013 at the State Capitol (May 14, 2013)
Changes to Education Funding (April 25, 2013)
Information Alert: BESE Meets (April 16-17, 2013)
Information Alert: Rep. Nancy Landry will not move HB642 – Legislation that would create separate scholarship schools (April 11, 2013)
Let Rep. Nancy Landry know how you feel about the creation of separate special education schools as scholarship options for parents of children with disabilities (April 5, 2013)
Put on Your Purple at BESE (March 7, 2013)
Attend Special Education Advisory Panel (February 8, 2013)