FALL 2019 | ADVOCATE 5
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2019 AEA Legislative Report Card
W
ith more than 20,000 members,
the Arizona Education
Association is the largest
professional organization for public school
employees in Arizona. AEA was formed in
1892, when a group of Arizona educators
banded together to protest the use of
14-year-old textbooks. Since then, AEA
continues to take the lead in promoting
support of Arizona's public schools,
advocating for quality public education
through positive change, and improving
the professional lives of teachers and
school staff members.
AEA policy positions are driven by the
mission and values of our organization:
Keeping the Promise of Quality Public
Education for every child in Arizona.
AEA strives to ensure that the teaching
profession is held in high esteem by society
and that education support professionals
are viewed as valuable partners in
student achievement. AEA assigned
letter grades for state legislators for the
54th Arizona Legislature – 1st Regular
Session. This report card summarizes the
voting record of current state senators
and representatives on 2019 key House
Bills (HB) and Senate Bills (SB) that
significantly impacts our students and
Arizona's public school employees.
Go to arizonaea.org/reportcard to check
out the 2019 AEA Legislative Report Card
and see how your legislators were graded
on education policy this past session.
