Overview

• Delegates approved politically charged measures—pending Executive Committee sign-off—that include using union funds to brand President Trump’s actions as “facism.”
• Resolutions denounce efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and pledge defense of birthright citizenship against pre–civil rights legal concepts.
• A separate resolution to sever ties with the Anti-Defamation League highlights growing rifts with established civil rights partners.
• Rep. Bob Good introduced the National Education Association Charter Repeal Act to remove the union’s 1906 federal charter in response to its overt political advocacy.
• OpenSecrets data show that 98.24% of the NEA’s political contributions in the 2024 cycle went to Democratic candidates, reinforcing perceptions of one-sided partisanship.