Legislative Day - February 13, 2018
2018 MRTA Legislative Platform
Special Legislative Issues of Interest to MRTA
1. MRTA will use all available means to restore the Cost-of-Living Adjustment(COLA) which the PSRS/PEERS Board of Trustees has reduced twice in the past five years. MRTA supports the restoration of the COLA to pre-2011 levels for PSRS/PEERS of MO retirees.
2. MRTA will work to protect the Missouri public pension retirement plans as defined benefit rather than defined contribution plans.
3. MRTA supports a Cost-of-Living Adjustment increase (COLA) for the retirees of the PSRS of the City of St. Louis.
4. MRTA will support the current independent governance and independent decisions in order to protect/maintain the financial integrity of the Boards of Trustees of the following public education retirement systems: PSRS/PEERS Retirement System, PSRS of Kansas City, MO, and PSRS of the City of St. Louis.
5. MRTA will work to protect/maintain access to healthcare coverage for public
school retirees through the school system from which they retired as is mandated
by Missouri Law requiring the same premium cost and the same coverage as the active public school employees.
State Legislative Issues of Interest to MRTA
1. MRTA will support "equal and adequate" public school funding through full funding of the foundation formula for all public schools as mandated by the Missouri Constitution.
2. MRTA will work to protect/maintain the Missouri state income tax exemptions for public education retirees that MRTA was instrumental in obtaining in 2007 (HB444).
3. MRTA will oppose vouchers, education tax credits, education scholarships, or any use of tax dollars for nonpublic schools.
4. MRTA will oppose the statewide expansion of charter schools.
5. MRTA will oppose any legislation that would reduce school finding such as Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR).
6. MRTA supports the current Missouri Teacher Law. ( Amendment 3, which would have changed the law, was defeated in 2014)
7. MRTA will support legislation to increase minimum salaries for teachers and the
funding of those increases.
8. MRTA will oppose state mandated consolidation of public schools that meet state standards.
Federal Legislative Issues of Interest to MRTA
1. MRTA will support legislation to repeal/modify the WEP (Windfall Elimination
Provision) and GPO (Government Pension Offset) provisions of Social
Security.
2. MRTA will oppose mandatory Social Security for new educators members of PSRS of Missouri.
3. MRTA will oppose privatization of Social Security.
4. MRTA supports accessible healthcare to promote financial security for all.
5. MRTA will oppose vouchers, education tax credits, education scholarships or any other use of tax dollars for nonpublic schools.
6. MRTA wo;; oppose the expansion of charter schools.
House legislators from the area
District 130 District 131
Rep. Jeff Messenger Rep. Sonya Anderson
573-751-2381 573-751-2948
Room 410B Room 135AA
Jeffery.Messenger@house. mo.gov Sonya.Anderson@house,mo.gov
District 132 District 133
Rep Crystal Quade Rep. Curtis Trent
Room 105D Room 313-3
Crystal.Quade@house.mo.gov Curtis.Trent@house.mo.gov
District 134 District 135
Rep. Elijah Haahr Rep. Steve Helms
573-751-2210
Room 409B Room 411B
Elijah.Haahr@house.mo.gov Steve.Helms@house.mo.gov
District 136 District 137
Rep. Kevin Austin Rep. Lyndall Fraker
573-751-0232 573-751-3819
Room 135AC Room 110A
Kevin.Austin@house.mo.gov Lyndall.Fraker@house.mo.gov
District 138 District 139
Rep. Don Phillips Rep. Jered Taylor
573-751-3851
Room 135 Room 408A
Don.Phillips@house. mo.gov Jered.Taylor@house.mo.gov
District 140 To Mail:
Rep Lynn Morris Name
573-751-2565 201 W Capitol Ave
Room 200BC Room number
Lynn.Morris@house.mo.gov Jefferson City, MO 65101
Senators from this area
District 30 District 20
Sen. Bob Dixon Sen. Jay Wasson
573-751-2583 573-751-1503
Room 332 Room 323
Bob.Dixon@senate.mo.gov Jay.Wasson@senate.mo.gov
To mail:
Name
201 W Capitol Ave.
Room number
Jefferson City, MO 65101
