Donna House, MA. Ed, CKP, Executive Director

In view of recent events at the state and national levels, we believe it is necessary to confirm KAPE’s philosophy regarding taking a stand or promoting any social agenda. We continue to urge all our members to research and study any issue in which you are uncertain and call the KAPE office if you want us to continue any research for you. As always, we encourage KAPE members to contact their state and US representatives regarding legislative matters to voice their opinions.  Always vote, and always know that your vote does count.

KAPE makes no attempt to dictate how our members think, feel, believe, support, or vote on any social issue, political candidate, or topic on which opinions are expressed.  Our role and purpose are to monitor legislation and regulations that affect our members and the students whom they educate, to speak to legislators to understand how that legislation would affect our members, and to always let legislators know how our members would be affected.  We try to keep our members informed about legislation on our website and to direct them on how to use legislative websites to contact legislators and monitor the progress of bills as they move through the process of becoming law.  Any legislation that is evident to hurt our members, their profession, their students, or their schools would be brought to the attention of legislators and our members so that stakeholders could work to improve that legislation.

Please be aware that a lot of false information is being circulated by other teacher organizations, and KAPE does not support or participate in smear campaigns or attempts to speak for all our members on such a matter.  We have never, nor will we ever, dictate to our members how to vote or whether or not to support belief systems based on personal opinions.  

The Kentucky Association of Professional Educators is a private, non-profit organization that offers membership benefits to certified and classified educators seeking affordable protection without union activism or a national association whose agenda is not aligned with their personal beliefs. KAPE is entirely under the direction of active and retired educators who believe every educator has the right to vote for candidates of their choice, maintain their beliefs, and enjoy freedom of association.

Please do not hesitate to contact our director, Donna House, who is a registered lobbyist for KAPE, to discuss any matter that concerns you.  Any questions can be emailed to info@kentuckyteachers.org.

All memberships are subject to approval.