# Teachers union spent nearly $8M to crush school choice, biological sports measures, report finds

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/teachers-union-spent-nearly-8m-to-crush-school-choice-biological-sports-measures-report-finds/
- Published: 2026-11-12T22:23:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T23:35:58+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/teachers-union-spent-nearly-8m-crush-school-choice-biological-sports-measures-report-finds
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Watchdog says NEA groups spent nearly $7.8 million on 2026 ballot campaigns.
- More than $7 million went to an Arizona anti-school-choice campaign.
- Measures on biological sex and sports passed in Arizona and Washington.

## Summary

A report by Defending Education says the National Education Association and state affiliates spent nearly $7.8 million on ballot campaigns in Arizona, Washington and Alaska in 2026. It argues that the spending reflects the union’s effort to oppose school-choice proposals and support or resist measures concerning participation in sports by biological sex.

The report identifies more than $7 million in contributions to an Arizona PAC campaigning against school choice, alongside donations to groups opposing ballot measures in the three states. Arizona voters approved Proposition 318, which restricts access to private spaces and sports participation based on biological sex; a Washington measure requiring sex verification for women’s sports also passed. The article presents the watchdog’s findings and criticism from a former teacher, while noting that the publication could not independently confirm a claimed link between the Arizona PAC and a local union affiliate.

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