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Cleveland Heights Teachers Union
Rockefeller Pointe Building,
2490 Lee Boulevard, Suite 106
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

Phone: 216-321-0020  Fax: 216-321-0786
Email: office@chtu.org
Weekday Hours: 10:00AM - 5:00PM (4:00PM during the summer)

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Newsletter of the Cleveland Heights Teachers Union. March 2008 issue now online.

Medical Mutual Forms available online. Download and print them yourself.
Over a period of just seven weeks, from Jan. 14-March 3, a total of 26,419 people took the online 2008 Health Care for America Survey sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America. Most are insured and employed. Most are college graduates. More than half are union members.
On January 1, 2008 we switched to Medco from Caremark.  Before that from AdvancePCS, before that, PCS, before that Great West.  So.....what has changed?

Know what is covered before you go to the doctor.  This article lists specifics to our policy and links to a summary from our Certificate of Coverage. 

The Licensure Code of Professional Conduct was adopted in March 2008 by the State Board of Education.

IRS Asked to Examine 501(c)(3) Filings of For-Profit Charter Chains

By a letter sent to the IRS today, that federal agency is being asked to examine whether charter schools managed by the for-profit corporation White Hat Management, Inc. and its affiliates can be properly registered as 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entities under federal law.

This year's OFT Summer Union Leadership Institute, a training and leadership development program, will expand to offer a fifth course June 23-25 in Findlay, OhioParticipation in ULI trainings can help with licensure requirements and develop and broaden skills as professionals and as union members and leaders.

(Feb. 6, 2008) “In his State of the State address, Gov. Ted Strickland sent a strong message that he is serious about strengthening public education,” said Ohio Federation of Teachers President Sue Taylor. “The Governor rightfully connected ideas on how to strengthen the economy and create jobs to the need to support a strong system of public education.” See the rest of OFT's response and read the text of his speech ...

President Bush on Nov. 13 vetoed the spending bill passed by Congress last week for education, labor and health programs for fiscal year 2008 and asked that Congress support his fiscal year spending request.

A proposal to create a dedicated revenue stream to preserve the STRS Ohio health care fund for retirees has been reintroduced by Rep. Scott Oelslager (R-North Canton). Without additional revenue, health care for retirees via STRS will disappear. Find out about the plan and how you can help pass House Bill 315.

Apply for the 2008 Tom Mooney Memorial Scholarship - deadline is May 15. The scholarship was established in 2006 to honor late OFT President Tom Mooney's legacy in public education and union work, and to help others pursue his passions for social justice and political action. Scholarship details.




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