United States of America – Institute for Educational Reform urges Members of Congress to cosponsor Rep. Bob Good’s bill to repeal the Federal charter of the National Education Association (NEA). The bill was introduced by Bob Good (R-VA) on July 13, 2023 and is a bold action to strip corruption and malign politic influence from our nation’s education system.

In 1906, Congress declared its desire to “promote the cause of education in the United States” and “advance the interests of the profession of teaching” and today, Rep. Bob Good reaffirms that desire. Government teacher unions, like the NEA, pretend to fight for all teachers. Instead, they rob teachers of their pay so they can overwhelmingly support one political party over another. As the bill states, “…from September 2019 to August 2021 the NEA spent over $116.7 million on political activities and lobbying, and in the 2020 election cycle, 95.7 percent of candidate campaign contributions by the NEA went to Democrat candidates.”

In 2019, NEA members voted against the “pursuit of increased student learning in every public school in America by putting a renewed emphasis on quality education” and against putting student learning at the forefront.

Matt Buckham, the Executive Director for Institute for Educational Reform, issued the following statement of support for Rep. Bob Good’s bill:

“The Institute for Educational Reform recognizes Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) as a champion for kids, families, and teachers with his bill to repeal the NEA charter, sending a message that the country supports teachers, parents, and kids, not scandalous organizations looking out only for themselves and their political cronies. Government teacher unions steal the paychecks from hard working teachers, horde political power to benefit their own gain by resisting educational options for parents, want to keep sexually explicit books in school libraries, and advocate for teaching destructive gender ideology in our classrooms. The federal charter, meant to advance educational outcomes for parents and kids, has been twisted by the NEA to manipulate the political system for themselves. We endorse Rep. Good’s bill to advance our kids interests ahead of the radical NEA.”

Government unions only exist to accumulate money and power. When it’s between them and our kids, they will manipulate the political system against kids, parents, and teachers every time.