The UFT will continue to fight for additional time during the school day for special education teachers and related service providers to work on IEPs to ensure that students with disabilities receive the best possible educational experience.

The UFT calls upon the DOE and NYSED to establish dedicated funding streams for CTE programs at the federal and state levels.

The UFT will continue to support and defend a teacher's right to adapt the curriculum to benefit their students and to use teacher-created assessments based on their own knowledge of students’ work.

Any significant changes to members’ healthcare will be submitted to the Delegate Assembly for approval, and the UFT will never agree to forcing any retired member into a Medicare Advantage Plan.

The United Federation of Teachers calls on all members to adhere to the principle that IEP writing should occur exclusively during contractual work hours. 

UFT chapter leaders and delegates will monitor the class size reduction in their schools each year to make sure that we move towards total compliance towards the provisions in the state law.