A rule change banning soliciting or accepting campaign contributions from the National Eduction Association and its affiliates by Republican candidates for school board and superintendent overwhelmingly passed at the Alabama Republican Party Summer Meeting in Montgomery today.
The Standing Rules change – which are part of the ALGOP bylaws – was temporarily tabled and amended during the meeting, and later resubmitted with the amendment.
The ban – which was passed 68% to 32% by the State Executive Committee – was proposed by Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl.
“One of my goals with this Standing Rule Amendment is making sure our school board and superintendent candidates are not dependent on any special interest group. With that in mind, I have already committed that the Party will step in and replace any funding lost should it become necessary. The Alabama Republican Party is in an extremely strong position financially, and we will have our candidates backs,” said Chairman Wahl.
“The Party is strongly committed to protecting our children from indoctrination in the classroom by left wing groups like the NEA and its affiliated organizations. Parents should decide what their children learn about divisive concepts, not education unions that have lost touch with the values of the American people. Transgender ideology and other woke policies have no place in our schools, period. So many of our parents and local teachers want to see change in our education system, but how can we expect our superintendents and school board members to stand up against teaching these woke concepts if they are afraid of the money and financial power coming from liberal unions responsible for pushing this type of curriculum? It’s a blatant conflict of interest, and something that needs to be addressed. Our elected school representatives must be responsible to Alabama parents, not special interest groups. This will stop this conflict of interest, and is no different than state’s prohibition on members of the Alabama Public Service Commission accepting donations from the utilities they regulate. The bottom line is it’s time to get woke agendas out of our curriculum and out of our classrooms,” he continued.
Please click here to read the rule change as amended.
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