Can a PTA Require School Staff to be Members to be Eligible for Classroom Grants?
Let’s consider the question of whether a PTA can require staff to be members in order to qualify for classroom grants. The short answer to that is NO, and requiring it would jeopardize the PTA’s tax-exemption. Charging a fee (dues) to apply for or receive a charitable grant violates the IRS private benefit rules. Charitable…
Can a PTA Require Participants in its Programs to be Members?
In this blog, we will address a common question about whether a PTA can restrict eligibility for a program, for example after school enrichment classes, to students whose parent/guardian is a PTA member. In a separate post, we’ll consider the question “Can a PTA require school staff to be members to be eligible for classroom…
Learn More about the WSPTA Leadership Service Award
By: Betty Gibbins, WSPTA Leadership Service Award Committee Chair The Leadership Service Award celebrates PTA leaders who strengthen family engagement, support their local communities, and advance the mission of Washington State PTA. The program is structured across four levels, each reflecting a different sphere of leadership within PTA. Bronze recognizes local PTA leaders who build community…
WSPTA Awards of Excellence March 13 Deadline Approaches
All WSPTA Awards of Excellence are due March 13th. PTAs in Washington State are doing amazing things and WSPTA wants to see what you are doing and recognize your PTA for doing them. WSPTA Awards of Excellence are easy to apply for. Click here to learn more. Click here to apply. Categories include: Advocacy Award…
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Announcing the 2023-24 Student Programs Winners
We are very excited to announce the winners of both the 2023-2024 WSPTA Scholarship and the 2023-2024 WSPTA Essay Contest. Essay Contest Winners: Special Author – Elementary Division: Verity Truitt – Puesta del Sol Elementary Kindergarten Division: Charlotte Aftab – “My Role Model in the entire World!” – Redmond Elementary First-Second Grade Division: Prisha Prasad – “I love…
WSPTA’s Leadership Service Award is a tool for leadership development
Washington State PTA is a volunteer organization. The differences we make in the lives of children are because of volunteers committed to being a voice for every child. In gratitude for the many hours of service and training put in by volunteers, the WSPTA Board of Directors created a leadership program to recognize and acknowledge…
Student Programs Submission Dates
The WSPTA student programs submission dates for 2023-2024 have been announced. The submission information for each student program is below. Reflections Due Date – Jan 18 All entries to the state Reflections contest must be submitted via the online application (located here: https://wspta.smapply.io/) by this date. These may only be submitted by council Reflections chairs…
June 2023 Programs Plug
Laura Peterson Hello fellow WSPTA volunteers, I wanted to say thank you for all your help promoting and participating in our programs. The programs committee has dwindled down quite a bit so please consider signing up to help your new programs director, Betty, continue our work. Thank you to all my volunteers that did stick…
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Programs Plug – January 2023
Guest post provided by WSPTA Program Director Laura Peterson Happy New Year. I hope you were able to get a little rest during the holiday break. Hopefully this information is old news for you but wanted to share it again just in case. Volunteers Needed! Volunteer judges needed for all student programs. We urgently need…
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Programs Plug – September 2022
Guest post provided by WSPTA Program Director Laura Peterson Here is the first Programs Plug of the year to help keep you up to date on news about WSPTA programs. Your help is still needed to promote all our PTA programs so we can meet our goal for increased participation. If you have been thinking about…
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