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Summer 2016

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atpe.org | 29 summer 2016 generate an additional $100,000 in annual revenue based on the current dues of $145 for professional members. Proposed Amendment 3 Amend to Read: Article III: Membership Section 5: Dues Members must pay the prescribed state dues for each membership year. The annual dues for each class of membership shall be as follows: (a) Professional Membership: $145.00 per year (b) Administrator Membership: $225.00 per year (b) (c) Retired Membership: $10.00 per year (c) (d) Associate Membership: $70.00 per year (d) (e) Student Teacher Membership: $20.00 per year (e) (f) Public Membership: $35.00 per year (f) (g) College Student Membership: $12.00 per year *Proviso: If adopted, the implementation of an administrator member category will be efective beginning with the 2017- 18 ATPE membership year. Submitted by: ATPE Board of Directors, which recommends adoption Bylaws Committee Recommends Adoption Rationale: This proposed bylaws amendment, a companion to proposed amendments 2-6, would set the annual state membership dues for the administrator category at $225 per year. Fiscal Impact: If adopted by the HOD, and assuming no drop in the number of administrator members, the creation of this category, with annual dues of $225 per year, would generate an additional $100,000 in annual revenue based on the current dues of $145 for professional members. Proposed Amendment 4 Amend to Read: Article III: Membership Section 6: Voting Rights A Professional, Administrator, Associate, Student Teacher, College Student, or Retired member with ATPE shall be entitled to vote when a matter is submitted to such vote. The only voting rights accorded to the membership of ATPE shall be to participate in the election of directors and regional ofcers through their respective regional organizations and to participate in referendums as outlined in Article XVI, Section 3. No proxy voting shall be recognized. *Proviso: If adopted, the implementation of an administrator member category will be efective beginning with the 2017- 18 ATPE membership year. Submitted by: ATPE Board of Directors, which recommends adoption Bylaws Committee Recommends Adoption Rationale: This proposed bylaws amendment, a companion to proposed amendments 2-6, would establish voting rights for members who join in the administrator category. Insofar as administrators who join ATPE are currently classifed as professional members and as such are already granted voting rights within ATPE, this conforming amendment merely maintains the status quo and does not create any new rights for administrators who join ATPE in the future. Fiscal Impact: If adopted by the HOD, granting administrators voting rights as an ATPE member would have no fscal impact independent of proposed amendment 2. Proposed Amendment 5 Amend to Read: Article IV: Ofcers Section 3: Election The President shall automatically succeed to the ofce of Immediate Past President. The Board of Directors shall appoint a Nomination/ Election Committee to receive nominations of candidates for each ofce other than that of Immediate Past President. In the event that only one nominee can be secured for an ofce, the chairman of the Nomination/ Election Committee will present a letter to the Board of Directors concerning the eforts of the committee to secure a second nominee. This letter is to be signed by all members of the Nomination/Election Committee. Only nominations received in the state ofce by the ffteenth (15th) day of March preceding the annual meeting of the House of Delegates at which the election shall be held shall be included by the Nomination/Election Committee on the list of nominated candidates. Additionally, nominations may be submitted from the foor of the House of Delegates. Forty-fve (45) days notice of the Nomination/Election Committee list of nominated candidates shall be given to the members in accordance with Article IX, Section 4. The ofcers of the Association shall be elected by a majority vote of the delegates present and voting during the regular annual meeting of the House of Delegates. Each ofcer shall be elected for a one-year (1) term of ofce, and shall hold ofce until his successor has been duly elected or has qualifed. Any Professional, Administrator, Associate or Retired member of ATPE may hold an ofce. *Proviso: If adopted, the implementation of an administrator member category will be efective beginning with the 2017- 18 ATPE membership year. Submitted by: ATPE Board of Directors, which recommends adoption Bylaws Committee Recommends Adoption Rationale: This proposed bylaws amendment, a companion to proposed amendments 2-6, would provide administrator members the right to hold an ATPE state ofce. Insofar as administrators who join ATPE are currently classifed as professional members and as such are already eligible to hold state ofce, this conforming amendment merely maintains the status quo and does not create any new rights for administrators who join ATPE in the future. Fiscal Impact: If adopted by the HOD, granting administrators the right to serve as an ATPE state ofcer would have no fscal impact independent of proposed amendment number 2. Proposed Amendment 6 Amend to Read: Article IX: House of Delegates Section 2: Composition (e) Notwithstanding (a) through (d) above, members selected by each recognized local unit from within its own membership. Each local may select, pursuant to its own bylaws, one voting Professional Member Delegate for each twenty-fve (25) of its Professional Members, or major fraction thereof; one voting Administrator Member Delegate for each twenty-fve (25) of its Administrator Members, or major fraction thereof; one voting Associate Member Delegate for each twenty-fve (25) of its Associate Members, or major fraction thereof; one voting Retired Member Delegate for each twenty-fve (25) of its Retired Members, or major fraction thereof; and one voting Student Teacher/ College Student Member Delegate for each twenty-fve (25) of its Student Teacher/College Student Members, or major fraction thereof. (Student Teacher and College Student Members shall be considered one (1) membership classifcation.) The calculation of the number of delegates permitted from each local unit shall be based upon the composition of that local unit as of February 1 of that same calendar year. (f) Associate and Retired Members who hold ofce in the local unit or who serve as campus representatives may be certifed as voting delegates in the Professional Member category in AMENDMENTS 2-6 QUICK LOOK: Principals and superintendents are three times more likely to need legal services than other educators. AMENDMENT 2 creates an administrator membership category to more fairly distribute the risk. The new category will only apply to principals; assistant, deputy, and area superintendents; and superintendents. AMENDMENTS 3-6 set the annual membership fee for the administrator category, grant administrator members voting rights, allow administrator members to hold ofce, and establish the proportional representation for administrators in the House of Delegates.

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