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May Matters
IEA Town Hall
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
7-7:45 p.m., Virtual Town Hall
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Your union invites you to a special Virtual Town Hall for Idaho Education Association members about our May Matters campaign — a new strategic initiative to take back our public schools at the ballot box. We’ll break down our plan to elect pro-public education candidates in the May 2026 primary elections, why this is the most important fight ahead and how you can play a role.
Open to IEA members only. Registration is required.
MAY MATTERS: An IEA Strategic Initiative to Save Our Schools at the Ballot Box
The 2025 legislative session is on track to be the worst for public education in at least 13 years — when the infamous Luna Laws were passed. Vouchers, contemptuous disregard of public opinion, attacks on student and educator rights, attempts to force religious mores into taxpayer-funded classrooms, book bans and bad library bills, stripping local school boards of authority, continued chronic underfunding and inequity — the tragic list of anti-public education policies embraced by lawmakers goes on and on.
The Idaho Legislature is power-hungry, intent on killing public schools and out of touch with reality. They need to be voted out of office. And we are going to do it.
For weeks, your union has been building the foundation for a grassroots movement called May Matters to elect pro-public education legislators in the May 2026 primaries and engage IEA members to help campaign and get out the vote.
Crisis in Public Education
The 2025 legislative session is on track to be one of the worst for public education in over a decade.
2026 Primary Elections
The May 2026 primary election is our key opportunity to change who sits in the Idaho Legislature.
Pro-Public Education Coalition
We are mobilizing with school board members, administrators, labor unions, businesses and political organizations.
Beyond One Election
We must sustain educator and supporter engagement to protect public education long-term.
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Political Action Commitee For Education
PACE is the IEA political action committee which uses voluntary contributions from IEA members to support pro-public education policies and candidates in Idaho.
Elections
Your PACE contribution can help elect pro-public education candidates that support educators, students and the teaching profession in Idaho.
Accountability
Your PACE contribution can help hold elected officials accountable after they are elected and that they are voting to give all of our students access to quality, public education.
Power
Your PACE contribution helps build power ensuring students, educators and public education win at the ballot box and in the Idaho Legislature.
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