Press Releases

With the passage of HCR2001 by the Arizona State Senate a few minutes ago, the education funding cap (also known as the aggregate expenditure limit or AEL) has officially been waived for the 2022-2023 school year.

​​​​​​​Today, Arizona’s Education Governor released a budget proposal that will make an historic investment into our public schools.

Having a governor who makes public education a priority is a game changer for Arizona, a fact made clear in Governor Katie Hobbs’ State of the State Address on January 9, 2023.

AEA-recommended Candidate Katie Hobbs Wins Governor’s Race

Historic Bi-partisan Budget Passed with $1 Billion in Increased Education Funding.

On June 14, 2022, the Arizona Education Association joined a coalition of labor unions in announcing our endorsement of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs for Governor of Arizona in the 2022 election:

On April 21, 2022, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled against Prop 307 and protecting funding for public schools and instead sided with wealthy corporate interests. Despite the clear and strong language of the Arizona Constitution granting the people a co-equal right to legislate, Governor Ducey, Legislative Leadership, and the Ducey-packed Supreme Court have stripped the people of their rights. They are doing it openly, contrary to longstanding precedent, and to help the rich, not everyday Arizonans.

In the ruling issued on March 11, 2022, Superior Court Judge Hannah declared Prop 208 unconstitutional thereby denying hundreds of millions of dollars to Arizona’s public schools.

The Arizona Education Association (AEA) welcomes Randy Parraz as our AEA Executive Director. He will be responsible for managing and executing the vision and strategies laid out by the Association. Randy has spent the past 26 years engaged in the work of building power and moving people into action.

On, January 10, 2022, Governor Ducey had an opportunity in his state of the state address to outline a plan for safely keeping our public schools open during rising cases of COVID-19 due to the Omicron surge. Instead, he ignored the effects the pandemic is having on educators and parents and focused on private school voucher schemes that drain money from our already strained public education infrastructures.