Texas Teachers Deserve Respect — Not Lip Service
Accountability. Fairness. Results.
Texas teachers are trusted with our children —
yet buried under paperwork, mandates, and administrators who never enter a classroom.
You didn’t create these failures.
You’re just expected to carry them.
That ends here.
The Problem
Texas treats teachers like state employees when it takes money out of their checks for retirement —
but not when it comes time to pay for healthcare.
That is not accidental.
It is a policy choice made by the Legislature.
Teachers are placed in a separate healthcare system with:
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Capped state contributions,
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Rising premiums,
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Rising deductibles,
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And fewer protections than other state employees receive.
Meanwhile, state officials and agency employees receive state-paid healthcare through a different system.
Same state.
Very different rules.
Teachers should teach.
Administrators should justify their budgets.
Politicians should stop experimenting on classrooms.
Support Texas Teachers |
End Bureaucracy, Restore Classrooms |
Dewey Collier for Texas House District 5|
How the System Actually Works
MY Position
Public service should not require private sacrifice.
If Texas can fully cover healthcare for state employees and legislators,
Texas can treat teachers with the same respect.
This campaign supports:
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Healthcare parity for teachers, and
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State accountability for the costs it controls.
No slogans.
No empty praise.
Just results.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Aren’t teachers local employees, not state employees?
A: Teachers are employed by local districts, but the State controls certification, curriculum, testing, funding formulas, and retirement. Texas already treats teachers as state employees for retirement — it simply chose not to do so for healthcare.
Q: Wouldn’t parity cost too much?
A: Texas already pays the full healthcare cost for state employees and legislators. This issue is not whether the State can pay — it is whether it will budget honestly instead of shifting costs to families.
Q: Isn’t this just a district problem?
A: No. Districts cannot raise state contribution caps. They are forced to absorb costs the Legislature refuses to cover, which creates unequal treatment between teachers and administrators.
Q: Why not just raise teacher pay instead?
A: Rising healthcare costs erase pay increases. Addressing healthcare is one of the most direct ways to deliver real take-home pay relief without inflating budgets.
Q: Isn’t this anti-administrator or anti-school board?
A: No. This campaign focuses on policy structure, not individuals. A system that insulates decision-makers while burdening classroom teachers is flawed regardless of who occupies those roles.
The Same Problem, Repeated
Teacher healthcare and property taxes are symptoms of the same failure: Government shifting costs instead of exercising discipline:
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Property taxes rise because the State pushes funding burdens downward.
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Teacher healthcare costs rise because the State caps its responsibility.
In both cases:
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Families pay more,
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Accountability disappears,
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And leaders claim success without delivering relief.
Real Conservatism Means Real Relief
This campaign rejects:
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Cost-shifting,
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Budget gimmicks,
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And consultant-driven branding.
It supports:
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Transparent budgeting,
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State accountability for state-controlled systems,
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And measurable relief for families.
Conservatism without relief is just branding.
Public service should not require private sacrifice.
Teachers should not subsidize state budgets through hidden healthcare costs.
Homeowners should not subsidize state budgets through endless property taxes.
These are policy choices — and policy choices can be changed.
Public service should not require private sacrifice.
Teachers should not subsidize state budgets through hidden healthcare costs.
Homeowners should not subsidize state budgets through endless property taxes.
These are policy choices -
and policy choices can be changed.
More common Questions
Does supporting teachers mean supporting radical curricula?
No. Supporting teachers means protecting classroom authority, respecting parents, and keeping politics out of instruction.
Will this raise taxes or require new spending?
No. This campaign focuses on reallocating existing education dollars away from administrative bloat and back into classrooms.
Do you support teachers without unions controlling policy?
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Why should teachers trust this campaign?
Because this campaign is grounded in constitutional limits, transparency, and direct accountability — not consultant talking points.
If you’re a teacher and want to talk — really talk — call me directly.
📞 254-258-5630
No staff. No scripts. No handlers.