Press Releases

As state lawmakers prepare for the 2026 legislative session, new polling released today by the Arizona Education Association shows that voters back reforms to the state’s voucher program by more than a 2-1 margin, with overwhelming majorities supporting basic accountability, safety, and transparency reforms to protect students and taxpayer funds.

On November 3, Arizona Education Association President Marisol Garcia released the following statement in response to death threats against educators in the Vail School District.

AEA President Marisol Garcia released the following statement urging school districts and state leaders to protect educators from harassment and online threats.

National Education Association President Becky Pringle and Arizona Education Association President Marisol Garcia visited schools in the Creighton and Roosevelt districts to discuss the consequences of federal cuts to nutrition and education programs and highlight the value of investments in early childhood and bilingual education. During the visits, Pringle and Garcia announced a total of $25,000 in donations to help school-based food pantries in each district meet an increase in demand from President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes the largest cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in history.

Marisol Garcia, president of the Arizona Education Association, joined fellow union leaders from the Arizona AFL-CIO, UFCW 99, Unite HERE Local 11, AFSCME Local 2960, and the Arizona Building Trades Council to hold a press conference demanding an end to attacks on workers and denouncing the billionaire-first policy agenda pushed by the Trump administration and its allies. Together, the unions represent more than 200,000 members across the state of Arizona.

Arizona Education Association (AEA) President Marisol Garcia released the following statement after Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dewain Fox ruled in favor of AEA, the Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA), the Arizona School Administrators (ASA), Kathy Knecht, and four Arizona public school districts in a case that challenged Arizona’s systemic underfunding of capital needs for public schools.

Arizona Education Association President Marisol Garcia issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s illegal move to freeze more than $118 million in federal funding for Arizona K-12 schools.

The Arizona Education Association sent a letter asking Governor Katie Hobbs to veto HB 2610, a bill that would punish school districts placed under state receivership by forcibly terminating the district superintendent and the elected district governing board.

The Arizona Education Association and the National Council of Jewish Women Arizona led a coalition of thirteen statewide labor and advocacy organizations in a letter asking Governor Katie Hobbs to veto HB 2867 — a dangerous state bill that weaponizes legitimate concerns about antisemitism to weaken professional liability protections for public school educators.

Following the presentation of the 120 Day Receivership Update for the Isaac School District, Arizona Education Association (AEA) President Marisol Garcia sent a letter to the State Board of Education calling for greater input from educators and community members before decisions are made about the future of Isaac schools. Garcia, who was recently re-elected unanimously to lead the nearly 23,000-member union of educators, is a middle-school social studies teacher in the Isaac School District.