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Membership
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| Q: | Where can I find information on the Membership Award Forms. |
| Q: | Who can be a member of PTA? |
| Q: | If I join PTA on Meet the Teacher night can I vote that night? |
| Q: | If someone joins our PTA after March 15, what do we do? |
| Q: | What is a PTSA? |
| Q: | In order to be a member of a PTA, must I have children at that school? |
| Q: | How much are PTA dues? |
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| Q: | I'm a Texas Life Member. What do I pay? |
| Q: | I'm a National Life Member, but not a Texas Life Member. What are my dues? |
| Q: | I'm a National Life Member and a Texas Life Member. What are my dues? |
| Q: | When my child was in elementary school, the PTA gave me a Texas Life Membership. My child is now in middle school. Can I transfer my life membership to the middle school? |
| Q: | How much is a family membership? |
| Q: | Aren't officers of a PTA exempt from paying dues? |
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| Q: | Where can I find information on the Membership Award Forms. |
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Membership Award Forms can be found either in the Texas PTA Handbook, Section 6—Membership Planner, or, you can download the forms from the Texas PTA website - click on "Download" and choose "Local Membership Forms." http://www.txpta.org/ |
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| Q: | Who can be a member of PTA? |
| A: | Anyone who subscribes to the basic policies and Objects of PTA is eligible for membership. Student members must be in the 9th grade or above. |
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| Q: | If I join PTA on Meet the Teacher night can I vote that night? |
| A: | No, not until your money and name has been received by state. |
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| Q: | If someone joins our PTA after March 15, what do we do? |
| A: | Process the new memberships as you normally would. Membership is accepted at any time during the year. Membership dues and names received in the Texas PTA Office after March 31 will be posted to the new membership-reporting year. |
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| Q: | What is a PTSA? |
| A: | PTSA is the acronym for Parent-Teacher-Student Association. PTSAs are organized in secondary schools where students in grades 9-12 can be members. It functions the same as a regular PTA except students may join. Students who pay dues may have full membership privileges. |
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| Q: | In order to be a member of a PTA, must I have children at that school? |
| A: | No. Anyone who subscribes to the basic policies and Objects of PTA is eligible for membership. Student members must be in the 9th grade or above. |
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| Q: | How much are PTA dues? |
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to be collected must include $1.75 for National PTA and $1.25 for Texas
PTA plus the local portion of the dues. Example: $1.75+$1.25+$3.00 (local portion) = $6.00. (See Local Bylaws Article VI. Section 6) |
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My children attend different schools. Since I have paid the state and national dues portions already, do I just pay the local dues portion at the other PTAs? |
| A: | No, you must pay all three portions of dues at each PTA. This allows the National PTA and Texas PTA to service each local PTA unit to which you belong. |
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| Q: | I'm a Texas Life Member. What do I pay? |
| A: | You pay the national ($1.75) plus the local portion of your dues. You are exempt from the state portion of dues. Texas Life Membership can only be claimed through one PTA. Full membership dues must be paid for additional memberships. |
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| Q: | I'm a National Life Member, but not a Texas Life Member. What are my dues? |
| A: | You must pay all three portions of dues. National does not exempt you from the National portion of your dues. |
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| Q: | I'm a National Life Member and a Texas Life Member. What are my dues? |
| A: | A National Life Member is honorary only and is not exempt from any portion of the dues. You may claim your Texas Life Membership but must pay the national and local dues portions at one unit. Texas Life Membership can only be claimed through one PTA. |
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| Q: | When my child was in elementary school, the PTA gave me a Texas Life Membership. My child is now in middle school. Can I transfer my life membership to the middle school? |
| A: | No formal transfer is needed. Simply join the middle school as a life member. If you still want to be a part of the school that presented you with the life membership, you may join that PTA as a regular member. You may use your Texas Life Membership at one PTA only. |
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| Q: | How much is a family membership? |
| A: | Texas PTA does not recognize family memberships. Membership is on an individual basis. |
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| Q: | Aren't officers of a PTA exempt from paying dues? |
| A: | No. They must be members before they can even be nominated for office. Article V: Relationship with National PTA and Texas PTA, **Section 10 of the Suggested Bylaws for Local Units states, "Only members of a local PTA who have paid dues for the current membership year may participate in the business of that association." |
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