Annual Meeting Of Delegates

Agenda and Schedule

• Schedule of Events (Tentative)
• Business Session Agenda (Tentative)

Items to Be Voted On*

*NBIs are posted separately.

• Delegate Handbook
• Proposed FY27 Budget
• Proposed Amendments to the Bylaws and Standing Rules
• Proposed Resolutions
• Recommendation from the Board of Directors on 2026 Ballot Initiatives 

Delegate Actions & Related Materials

• Submit a New Business Item
• 2025 Annual Meeting Minutes
   

Elections

• Candidates and Speeches
• Alternative Nomination Process
• Certified Candidates List (Downloadable PDF)

Reports

• FY26 Donations Report
• Implementation Report of AM25 New Business Items
• Report of the Executive Director-Treasurer to Annual Meeting
• 2020 Final Report of the Election Bylaw Review Task Force

ADA Accommodations Requests

• Requests for Accommodations

Dependent Care Reimbursement

• Requests for Reimbursement for Dependent Care

Hotels

• Discounted hotel rooms are available at the Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place.

Other Materials

• Give to the VOTE PAC at massteacher.org/votepac.
   
• Lost and Found
  If you lose or find an item while attending the Annual Meeting, please check with the staff at registration in Rooms 304-306. 
  
  *Please note that the MTA is NOT responsible for lost or stolen items. Anything left behind will be brought to MTA Headquarters in Quincy and held for 30 days. After that time, MTA will dispose of all items. If items are left in hotel rooms, it is the delegate’s responsibility to contact the hotel directly.

New Business Items

These are New Business items submitted for deliberation at the MTA Annual Meeting of Delegates.

• NBI01: Direct MTA Leadership to Establish a Committee on Union Leadership Service and Retirement Security
• NBI02: Oppose the Development of Any Sub-120 Credit Bachelor’s Degree Programs
• NBI03 No to Tax Cut Initiatives
• NBI04 Support for Rent Control Ballot Initiative
• NBI05 Wealth Tax Constitutional Amendment Campaign
• NBI06 Protecting the Act Modernizing Firearms Laws
• NBI07: Rank and File on Personnel Selection Teams
• NBI08: MTA President and Vice President Maintaining a Connection to the Rank and File
• NBI09: Protect Public Education and Dismantle Oppression
• NBI11: ESP of the Year Policy Change
• NBI12: Union Independence & Democracy
• NBI13: Strategic Internal Preparation for May Day 2028
• NBI14 Strengthening Union Transparency & Democracy
• NBI15 Resist Repressive Teaching and Learning Recommendations
• NBI16 Terminate Ties with War-Related Corporations
• NBI17 Contract Language for Academic Freedom in K-12 Settings
• NBI18 NEA Task Force and Policy on AI
• NBI20 Call for MTA Resistance to Using Our State Retirement Fund (PRIT Fund)