DeVos sued over student loan forgiveness program that denies 99 percent of applicants By Michael Stratford,Politico July 11, 2019 https://www.yahoo.com/news/devos-sued-over-student-loan-152348531.html One of the nation’s largest teachers unions filed suit Thursday against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, accusing her agency of mismanaging a major program intended to provide student loan forgiveness to public service workers. The American […]
What your Pay Stub tells you
After pay day, do you actually look at your pay stub? Those of us at SDCCD have to go into PeopleSoft to find it and I go ahead and down load it. Why is it important? 1. It tells you what you were paid for, how your pay is calculated. 2. Did you substitute for […]
OER Survey request from ASCCC
Another survey, this one from ASCCC – Academic Senates for the California Community Colleges about OER. Did you get the email? I will attempt to post the entire email here, and what I especially care about is the survey at the end: Greetings! 1. The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Open Educational Resources […]
If you’re in a CFT local, you should take this survey at aftvotes.org
AFT sent this out but it is interesting that not all AFT members received it. Thank you to Sandy who made sure we saw it. If you’re in a CFT local, you should take this survey at aftvotes.org. AFT has committed to make a candidate endorsement based on rank and file input this time, and […]
Adjuncts – Do you have a Student Loan?
Read this from AFT Guild 1931 President Jim Mahler – you are needed! From: Jim Mahler. Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 9:40 AM Subject: Adjunct Faculty Needed to Testify on Loan Forgiveness Bill Dear AFT Guild Adjunct Faculty Members, CFT is sponsoring a bill (AB 463-Cervantes) during this legislative session that will help relieve the […]
Tax deductions we have lost for 2018 taxes
For years, I have been sharing with my fellow Adjuncts a tip my tax preparer taught me long ago. When we travel from school to school on the same day, as freeway flyers, this mileage has been a deduction as a Business Expense, if you itemized deductions. Under President Trump’s Tax Reform, this deduction, among […]