Two More School Districts Drop the NEA

CIE Helps Independent Teachers Extend Win Streak in Kansas

SPARTANBURG, S.C., JANUARY 26, 2023 — The Center for Independent Employees (CIE) announces that it has successfully assisted in removing the National Educational Association as the bargaining unit from two additional school districts in Kansas. The action liberates 60 public school educators and more than 700 Kansas schoolchildren from the NEA.

CIE provided the legal counsel for Kansas NEA removal from the Valley Heights and South Central School Districts. Teachers in both districts held votes to become unaffiliated and remove the NEA’s influence on Jan. 17. The votes were unanimous in both cases.

CIE has now provided the legal counsel to remove the NEA from 22 Kansas school districts since 2009. Additional CIE cases in Kansas are pending. 

“We’re proud to stand with Kansas educators and provide legal assistance to remove the NEA and its culture wars from the American heartland," said CIE Senior Vice President Keith Williams, himself a 20-year public school teacher.

“We have helped to liberate hundreds of Kansas teachers and thousands of Kansas students so far,” said CIE General Counsel James Edwards. “We stand ready to assist many more.”

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