National Education Association approves business items accusing President Trump of “fascism” and “authoritarianism,” opposing Supreme Court ruling, and not using ADL materials

The National Education Association (NEA) held the union’s annual “Representative Assembly” to vote on the year’s upcoming business items on July 3-6, 2025. The resolutions that NEA members voted on were not made public. However, on July 7, parental rights advocate Corey DeAngelis posted copies of the business items that were provided to him on X. The business items covered a range of issues, from accusing President Donald Trump of “fascism” and “authoritarianism” to opposing the Supreme Court’s decision in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case.

The following were business items that the NEA approved at the annual conference along with the cost that the NEA will spend on each item. These are provided as written by the NEA.

• NEA pledges to defend democracy against Trump’s embrace of fascism by using the term fascism in NEA materials to correctly characterize Donald Trump’s program and actions.
  • Cost: $3,500
• NEA will use existing media channels to oppose any move to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education as an illegal, anti-democratic, and racist attempt to destroy public education and privatize it in the interests of the billionaires.
  • Cost: $2,000
• NEA defends birthright citizenship and opposes the attempt to revert to pre-civil rights—Jim Crow—legal concepts of “states rights” in order to deny citizenship to the children of immigrants.
  • Cost: $34,500
• NEA opposes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) kidnapping of student leaders and supporters of students’ right to organize against ICE raids and deportations.
  • Cost: $32,500
• In response to the most recent Supreme Court Case (Mahmoud v Taylor), NEA shall provide through existing communication channels, information included but not limited to: 1) A sample local school board resolution that protects educators in the classroom who are teaching LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum/content; 2) A “Know Your Rights” document under the new SCOTUS ruling; 3) Hold virtual town hall meetings on the current SCOTUS rulings and the impact they will have on educators and students, what a school board resolution is and how to use it, and how to continue to advocate for LGBTQ+ students in this new political climate; 4) NEA will hold East and West Speak Up, Speak Out, LGBTQ+ member engagement conferences to enhance members advocacy at the local and state levels.
  • Cost: $209,025
• NEA will, at the request of state affiliates, facilitate targeted assistance using existing personnel and media channels to provide support for affiliates in states where legislative bodies have taken or are taking actions that silence educators, restrict collective bargaining, remove fair dismissal protections, or other actions that negatively affect public education, educators, and potential voter suppression laws that seek to undermine public education.
  • Cost: $56,000
• NEA declares its support for and participation in the mass democratic movement against Trump’s authoritarianism and violations of human rights. We support the “No Kings” movement and the Los Angeles-based movement to defeat Trump’s attempts to use federal forces against the state of California and other states and communities.
  • Cost: $1,500
• NEA will not use, endorse, or publicize any materials from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), such as its curricular materials or its statistics. NEA will not participate in ADL programs or publicize ADL professional development offerings.
  • Cost: $1,625