NEA Resolutions

NEA has adopted resolutions related to the 10 goal areas of NEA’s constitution. The resolutions convey the consensus of NEA members for all of the positions that the Association may take on education and social justice issues. This page is available year-round for submissions and questions from NEA members about NEA Resolutions. It is not intended for official business submissions by delegates to the Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly.

What Is an NEA Resolution?

NEA Resolutions are formal expressions of opinion, intent, belief, or position of the Association. Resolutions set forth general concepts in clear, concise language. They are intended to be broad in nature, stating the wide-ranging positions of the Association positively and without ambiguity.

Resolutions are not action-oriented, and are not specifically funded by NEA. However, no Association activity is funded if it is inconsistent with any resolution. NEA resolutions are implemented through activities in the budget adopted by the NEA Representative Assembly.

What Are the Ten NEA Goal Areas?

NEA resolutions are arranged into 10 lettered sections, A through J:

Serve as National Voice for Education
Advance Cause of Public Education for All Individuals
Promote Health and Welfare of Children and/or Students
Promote Professional Excellence Among Educators
Gain Recognition of the Basic Importance of the Educator in the Learning Process
Protect Rights of Education and Other Public Employees and Advance Their Interests and Welfare, and Promote, Support, and Defend Public Employees’ Right to Collective Bargaining
Secure Professional Autonomy
Unite Education Employees for Effective Citizenship
Promote and Protect Human and Civil Rights
Obtain for Members the Benefits of an Independent, United Education Profession

How NEA Resolutions Are Crafted and Amended

The NEA Resolutions document represents the collective decisions of the Association’s three million members nationwide. Each year the NEA Standing Committee on Resolutions, representing every member constituency of NEA, seeks and receives input from a broad range of the Association’s membership. An open hearing on resolutions is conducted each year for registered NEA delegates in conjunction with the Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly.

The Resolutions Committee is primarily tasked with the annual preparation and presentation of all proposed resolutions for adoption by the NEA Representative Assembly. The committee carefully considers each proposed amendment or new resolution that it receives from members across the country. All proposed changes to the NEA Resolutions that are approved by majority vote of the committee are then transmitted to delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly for final consideration.

This highly democratic process ensures that NEA resolutions consistently convey the consensus of NEA members for all of the positions that the Association may take on education and social justice issues.

NEA members interested in obtaining a copy of the Resolutions document or contacting the NEA Center for Governance about proposing changes to the Resolutions document may contact NEA at [email protected]. The form located below may also be used to submit questions to the committee.

About the Resolutions Committee

Members of the NEA Standing Committee on Resolutions are elected from among their respective state delegations to the NEA Representative Assembly and other constituencies in the categories of Active, Aspiring Educator, and Retired members.

The NEA president appoints a five member Internal Editing Committee, including a chairperson, which is responsible for coordinating the annual work of the Resolutions Committee. The president also appoints additional at-large members to the committee to ensure proportionate representation of education support professionals, classroom teachers in higher education, and administrators.

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