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COMING UP March 6-8 NYSUT Social Justice Academy Winter Conference, Albany March 9-10 NYS Board of Regents meets, Albany March 9-10 NYSUT Committee of 100 March 21 World Poetry Day State budget due April 13-14 NYS Board of Regents meets, Albany April 17-18 NYSUT Health & Education Professionals Conference, Ossining April 17-19 Somos New York Conference, Albany Workers Memorial Day April 29 NYSUT Board of Directors meeting, Albany April 30-May 1 Local & Retiree Council Presidents Conference, Albany May 1-2 NYSUT 2026 Representative Assembly, Albany On the Cover Why educators are empowering students with civics education and media literacy Cover design by Dana Fournier NYSUT continues priorities push in state budget and legislative session he release of the executive budget set the 2026 legislative session in Albany in full swing