In an effort to support local and state education reform across America, the White House today outlined how states can get relief from provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—or No Child Left Behind (NCLB)—in exchange for serious state-led efforts to close achievement gaps, promote rigorous accountability, and ensure that all students are on track to graduate college- and career-ready.

States can request flexibility from specific NCLB mandates that are stifling reform, but only if they are transitioning students, teachers, and schools to a system aligned with college- and career-ready standards for all students, developing differentiated accountability systems, and undertaking reforms to support effective classroom instruction and school leadership.

Read more about the White House policy.

Read about the AFT response

Please click on the Title above to download the Health Benefits pdf.

The GVSBI Planning Committee was very busy this summer!

Check out all the events -

Information on

* how to review your benefit information

* repaying a retirement loan

*are you close to retirement

*what if you leave public employment

*what to do if you are divorced

*death benefits

Meeting schedule for the 2011-2012 school year - Check out the Meetings Link

AGCEP - OUR NEW ADDRESS !  !  !

In a recent invitation-only event, Governor John Kasich not only had harsh words about public employees, but vowed, according to an eyewitness, to "ram through" SB 5 in other legislation even if it fails in November. 

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