Amendments
Restatement of the Standing Rules
Adopted as Presented
Last Updated: July 5, 2011 - 11:06 p.m.
STANDING RULE AMENDMENT 1A
Defeated
STANDING RULE AMENDMENT 1
Adopted
Rule 6. Order of Business and Debate
R. The text of a new business item adopted by a Representative Assembly may be edited with the approval of the President provided no substantive changes are made and the final text is approved in writing by the mover and the seconder. This would include replacing references to K-12 with Pre-K-12. During the program year of implementation, the mover of a new business item adopted by the Representative Assembly shall be advised about the steps being undertaken to accomplish its implementation.
STANDING RULE AMENDMENT 2
Defeated
STANDING RULE AMENDMENT 2A
Defeated
STANDING RULE AMENDMENT 3A
Adopted
Rule 10. Definition of Resolutions, Committee, and Procedure
F. Procedures for Submitting Resolutions. Resolutions from delegates or members designated for consideration by the Resolutions Committee at its winter meeting shall be submitted to the Executive Director or the chairperson of the Resolutions Committee or the members of the Resolutions Committee from their states.
The committee shall hold at least one (1) open hearing on proposed resolutions at a time and place to be announced in the printed program. The Resolutions Committee shall meet on a day prior to the open hearing and shall meet following the open hearing to consider any changes (additions, deletions, and/or amendments) it may wish to make in its report to the Representative Assembly.
The Resolutions Committee shall recommend a body of resolutions in its annual report to the Representative Assembly. These resolutions shall be presented for vote en masse.
The submission of all new resolutions, amendments to resolutions, and requests to set aside resolutions for discussion and amendments to resolutions shall be submitted to the Committee on Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules no later than 12:00 noon on the second day of the Representative Assembly. After 12:00 noon on the second day, Floor only amendments to new resolutions and floor amendments or to resolutions amendments that have been properly submitted to the Committee on Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules shall be in order.
All new resolutions to be submitted from the floor for consideration after timely advance submission to the Committee on Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules must have a majority of the vote to be placed on the agenda (heard) and a two-thirds (2/3) vote to pass.
Resolutions submitted for consideration by the Representative Assembly shall be in writing on the forms provided, signed by the maker and the seconder of the motion.
At the request of any delegate, a proposed resolution shall be separately considered for the purpose of discussion or amendment.
The consideration of the NEA resolutions shall commence with the goal area containing the final resolution debated at the preceding Representative Assembly. Resolutions adopted by a Representative Assembly shall continue in force until the next Representative Assembly acts upon the report of the Resolutions Committee.
All resolutions adopted by the NEA Representative Assembly shall be publicized as official NEA resolutions.
STANDING RULE AMENDMENT 3
Defeated
Amendments to the NEA Constitution
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 as Modified
Defeated
Amendments to the NEA Bylaws
BYLAW AMENDMENT 1
Defeated
BYLAW AMENDMENT 2
Defeated
BYLAW AMENDMENT 3
Adopted
2. Membership
2-7. Membership Dues.
n. Beginning with the 2007-08 membership year, the annual membership dues of Active members of the Association, as computed pursuant to Bylaw 2-7.a, shall be increased by ten dollars ($10.00), with an additional increase of ten dollars ($10.00) for the 2011-2012 through 2015-2016 membership years. This dues increase shall be allocated to the Ballot Measure/Legislative Crises and Media Campaign Fund. The annual membership dues of Student members of the Association, as established pursuant to Bylaw 2-7.g, shall include one dollar ($1.00) to be allocated to the Ballot Measure/Legislative Crises and Media Campaign Fund.
Sixty percent (60%) of the money allocated to the Ballot Measure/Legislative Crises and Media Campaign Fund during each membership year shall be available to assist state affiliates in dealing with ballot measures and legislative crises, and forty percent (40%) shall be available for national and state media campaigns to advance the cause of public education and publicize the role of the Association and its affiliates in improving the quality of public education.
Where necessary to avoid legal problems under state law, the Association and a state affiliate may, at the request of the state affiliate, enter into a written agreement providing that the money collected from members of that state affiliate shall not be used to deal with ballot measures, but shall be used only to deal with legislative crises and/or to fund national and state media campaigns. The Executive Committee shall develop guidelines to implement this Bylaw. These guidelines shall be submitted to the Board of Directors, and shall become effective when approved by the Board of Directors.
The NEA president shall make a report regarding the operation of the Ballot Measure/Legislative Crises and Media Campaign Fund, which shall include a financial statement, to each Representative Assembly.
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