Bylaws are important!
Bylaws are the basic rules for governing the organization. It contains the PTA’s legal name, purpose, membership, election, board of directors, duties of officers, quorum for meetings, how many meetings to have, etc.
Each PTA must review and renew its bylaws every three years.
*************************
PTA Council of Howard County Bylaws
*************************
Attention PTA/PTSAs:
Every PTA/PTSA in Maryland must submit updated bylaws to become a constituent association under Free State PTA. Free State PTA must receive updated bylaws from your PTA/PTSA by:
- June 30, 2022 — to retain status as a constituent association of Free State PTA.
The templates are available on the Free State PTA website https://fspta.org. Hover over “About” and select “Bylaws and Standards of Affiliation”. Local and Council bylaws templates are on that page as MS Word documents.
Once the updated bylaws are approved by your PTA/PTSA membership, (1) a copy of the approved bylaws and (2) a copy of the general meeting draft minutes documenting membership approval must be sent to Free State PTA.
These documents can be submitted electronically to jlee@fspta.org (preferred, though the published secretaryfreestate@gmail.com also works), or by postal mail to FREE STATE PTA, INC., 5730 Cottonworth Avenue, Box 20924, Baltimore, MD 21209.