You may have hated your fifth grade teacher. You may think the AEA is too powerful. BUT do you realize that a bill is in the state legislature to spend 9.8 million dollars of General Fund money to pay for insurance that is now being paid for by the AEA. This money can be used to pay for anything in the state of Alabama. It is also a gift to AEA. The proposal is part of an organized effort to break the AEA. Do you want almost $9 million to be spent in such a vindictive fashion? Most teachers do not belong to the AEA to get liabliity insurance. If you are a Republican you should consider informing your legislator to spend your tax dollars more wisely. Not only is this vindictive stupidity, it borders on insanity. This post is because the post in Politics did not seem to faze anyone. If you can read this, you can probably thank an AEA member. (Edited for a homonym error. I have a children's book entitled "Nobody's Perfick"! Thanks to Jennifer for her great reading ability and her very critical reading- and for knowing the difference!)
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