Utah legislator proposes no-dues-required rule for PTAs and PTOs
February 18th, 2009 by Tim SullivanHave been hearing more and more chatter from Utah these days around PTO v PTA issues. Utah has always been a heavily PTA state, but there’s been a not-insignificant number of media stories and small dust-ups in the past year or so re: local groups exploring options.
Interesting, therefore, that this state senator is forwarding a bill to open up the state, hoping to prohibit requiring dues for parent involvement. One obvious implication of the bill — as noted by Utah PTA president — would be a conflict with standard PTA bylaws, which require dues for all members. Will follow this story as it progresses.
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:31 pm
The main reason we became a PTO vs. a PTA is the dues issue. I think it is completely wrong to ask people to pay to volunteer. We are struggling to build our PTO and don’t feel that membership should be based on a person’s ability to pay. Some of our best volunteers could not be members if they had to pay. Hooray for UTAH