The RTA Bylaws Committee has completed their work on revising the Associations Bylaws and Standing Rules. Due to current CTA regulations and Tax Law, they also wrote PAC Bylaws that include guidelines on how monies are collected and used. The current Bylaws were written more that 30 years ago and did not take into account doing business with current technologies. Highlights of the changes are: Board officer and site rep terms will increase from one year to two years, with elections staggared; decisions of RTA President requiring Board approval; allowing for more than one site rep at a large campus, such as RHS; a revamp of election procedures (Standing Rules); the establishment of Political Action Committee Bylaws that include a $2 annual assessment from current dues placed in a seperate PAC fund that teachers can opt out of, with a cap of $2500.00 in the account.
A draft of the revised Bylaws, Standing Rules and new PAC Bylaws have been provided to all teachers in the district. The RTA Executive Council with vote to approve these documents at their Dec. 17th meeting. They will then be sent to CTA for review. If accepted by CTA, they will be put to a vote of RTA membership sometime in the Spring. If membership accepts the new RTA Bylaws, they will take effect at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year.