None of your dues dollars are used to make PAC contributions to candidates or officeholders. State and federal law prohibits ATPE from donating dues dollars directly to candidates or officeholders. The portion of your dues payment associated with lobbying is spent on the operational expenses of advocating for ATPE’s philosophy and policies (e.g., communication costs, travel expenses, and lobbyists’ salaries). ATPE-PAC is our only means of making campaign contributions directly to candidates. That is why your voluntary contributions to ATPE-PAC are so important. By choosing to support ATPE-PAC, you are investing in the education profession and helping us build powerful alliances with the decision-makers in the political and policy arena.