Press Releases

The Senate must reject McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education for the sake of our students

EGEA overwhelmingly voted no confidence in Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent.

Improved funding for K-College, statewide cell phone policy, assault weapons ban will receive union support on Smith Hill this legislative session.

National Education Association President Becky Pringle released the following statement reacting to Donald Trump’s expected Executive Order pushing to end the Department of Education – his latest extreme action that hurts our students and public schools:

The Trump administration issued yet another dangerous executive order that aims to withhold federal funds to schools that teach the whole history of America.

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration issued federal guidance in gender-affirming medical care that makes it easier to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people and potentially put them in harm’s way.

Trump is using his Project 2025 playbook to privatize education because he knows vouchers have repeatedly been a failure in Congress and rejected by voters at the ballot box

National Education Association President Becky Pringle released the following statement responding to the Trump Administration’s federal funding freeze:

NEA President: The voices of workers will be silenced as NLRB cases grind to a halt

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration began purging public-facing resources, shutting down offices and suspending professional personnel who do critical work for the U.S. federal government on Diversity, Equity and inclusion, including the U.S. Department of Education. The move removed hundreds of critical documents, training manuals and guidance for public schools and educators.