Members

The 2026 KEA Delegate Assembly will be held in person beginning on Thursday, April 9 beginning at 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST and continuing at 9:00 a.m. EST/8:00 a.m. CST on Friday, April 10.    Duly elected delegates can find information on the edCommunities page “KEA Delegate Assembly 2026.”  The DA will be held at the Crowne Plaza, 830 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY. 

Delegates are elected from each local and must be properly registered to participate.  This is accomplished by the local president submitting the delegates/alternates names and information on the Smartsheet form (link on the left side of this page).  Delegates and Alternates must be submitted by 5:00 p.m.  November 30, 2025.  Delegates reported after that date must be approved by the KEA Constitution/Compliance Committee.  Final submission of delegates and alternates is March 23, 2026. After that date, delegates and alternates must register on-site at the KEA Help Desk during registration hours.

All Active local delegates and alternates to the DA must be elected; no delegate or alternate may be appointed.  If you are a KEA local president or designee, you may use the form to the left to submit information about your local’s elected delegates/alternates. Members of the KEA Board of Directors and District Officers are automatically delegates to the DA and do not count in their local’s number of allowed delegates. Their names do not need to be submitted; board members and governance district officers will be registered by Valerie Leathers.

Local presidents will be notified of the number of their local’s allocated delegates (sample letter).  The allocation is based on the membership of the local, 1 delegate for every 50 members or greater fraction thereof.  For instance, locals with at least 26 members are allocated 1 delegate; locals with at least 76 members are allocated 2 delegates; and so on (excerpt from 2025 KEA Constitution).  For those locals who do not have enough to elect a delegate, you may cluster with another local in your district (KEA Cluster policy). Elections for delegates and alternates should be conducted as soon as possible after notice is received.  Locals should elect delegates for all allocated positions and should also elect alternates in the event an elected delegate cannot attend.  The name and contact information for all delegates and alternates must be reported to KEA on this form.  If you do not plan to send delegate(s) to the 2026 DA, please fill out the “Local Assn NOT reporting form“. 

Once Delegates are registered a Delegate information packet will be mailed in mid-February.   The paket will include the hotel link and other pertinent information.

Proposed New Business Items must be submitted by noon on Thursday, April 9, 2026. Note that this deadline is before the DA officially begins at 1:00 p.m. that same day.  Only official delegates may submit NBIs. All NBIs must be submitted electronically using the form to the left.

Notice of 2026 KEA statewide elections:  Delegates to the 2026 KEA DA will elect one KEA Ethnic Minority Director at Large (Seat 1). The successful candidate will serve a 3-year term beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2029.  Nominations are now open; the deadline to declare is January 15, 2026.   Nominations must be submitted using this form.

Information and Reports:  Committee and officer reports to the 2026 KEA DA will be available on this page by March 21, 2026.

Delegate Assembly Schedule summary of events

• Proposed KEA 2026-2027 Draft Budget
• Proposed KEA 2026-2027 Legislative Program
• Draft Minutes for 2025 Delegate Assembly
• KEA Election-Voting Information
• NEA Fund Flyer and Silent Auction Info
• Marnel Moorman Scholarship Fund Report
• KEA Technology Report
• President’s Report
• Vice-President’s Report
• Executive Director’s Report
• Status of NBI’s – There were no NBI’s were filed at the 2024 DA
• KEA Standing Committee Reports
  • KEA Constitution/Compliance Committee
  • KEA Diversity Committee
  • KEA Government Relations Committee
  • KEA MOVE Committee
  • KEA Program and Budget Committee
  • KEA Teaching and Learning Committee
• KEA Fellows Class of 2026