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Thanks to the relentless advocacy of our members and hard work of our political team, 2024 was a historic year for NYSUT. Together we protected school funding from proposed cuts, corrected the punitive teacher evaluation system, passed reforms to Tiers 5 and 6, created a new state maximum for classroom heat and established new state standards for toileting.

These are some of our major initiatives this year that will improve our members' workplaces, their lives and those of the people they serve:

  • Fixing Tiers 5 and 6 in the state’s pension system to bring parity with Tier 4
  • Statewide cellphone restrictions during school hours
  • Update the Foundation Aid formula to better serve our students
  • Fighting to end childhood poverty — a root cause of education inequities — by supporting New Yorkers’ access to nutritious food, health care and housing;
  • Support for SUNY, CUNY and community colleges 
  • BOCES funding for CTE programs
  • Educator tax credit to offset the expenses educators spend to address student needs.
  • Share Our Wealth reforms in our tax system that would generate more than $2 billion for the state to invest in working-class New Yorkers’ basic needs by raising taxes on the superrich Newsday Op-Ed: Superrich should pay their fair share in NYS taxes