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March- a
time to celebrate Music in Our Schools, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, St.
Patrick’s Day and March Membership Madness! As we continue to work
towards our goals of membership, leadership and diversity, please
remember to complete applications for PTA awards that include the
President’s March Membership Madness campaign for those PTAs that
recruit 22 new members in March (1 for each of our PTA Districts),
newsletter awards, council awards, environmental concerns awards,
and The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Excellence in Education Partnership
Award.
There
will also be a flurry of activity in Springfield this month, as the
legislature works to complete their tasks. In that vein, please keep
updated on the various bills that are moving through the legislature
and our position.
Recently, we offered testimony to the Senate Education
Appropriations committee.
We have made the painful decision not to speak to specific
line items in the budget as we have in the past, nor support funding
of new programs as we have come to the realization that this usually
results in simply redirecting funds not increasing the size of total
appropriation for our schools.
Basically, we are unable to identify any lines in the budget
that can withstand reduction in order to raise others.
We will
continue to actively lobby for every dollar public education needs to provide every child
in this state with an adequate equitable education, as well as the
associated social service needs that many of our least fortunate
children require.
Please
plan to join us at the 104th Annual Illinois PTA
Convention at the Hilton Lisle/Naperville April 28th –
30th, as we address these priority issues.
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UPDATED2006 ILLINOIS PTA
CONVENTION INFORMATION - Exhibitors and
Delegates Information
This is a REAL important ACTION
ALERT!
WE OPPOSE HB 1577, which would
provide VOUCHERS to the parents/guardians of K – 12 students in
Illinois for private schooling and or tutoring.
Illinois PTA
Position on Nutritional Standards for
Students
 LEGISLATION BILL LIST as of 3-3-06
- Go to Legislation
Page
 Click here for the testimony submitted by the
president on behalf of the Illinois PTA to the Senate Education
Appropriation Committee.
This testimony speaks to why we the
Illinois PTA have not put out action alerts for cooperating agencies
regarding their specific wants and or needs when it comes to
education funding.
How the President's FY
2007 Federal Education Budget Affects
Education
PTA
Appreciation Night with the Chicago
Bulls.
Check out the new Calendar
Page!
MEMBERS' ONLY AREA
MANY UPDATES INCLUDING
REVISED LEGISLATIVE PARTNERSHIP AWARD
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NEW -
Candidate Forum Grants on Members' Only Page
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NEW -
March Membership Madness - President's Award
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NEW -
Order form for new PTA shirt and new PTA Polo
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Need gift ideas for
teachers, board members, past presidents? Check out the PTA Store.
Many items on sale.
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UPDATE - Membership
Monthly
- Award forms, Call for Resolutions, dues notices,
plus much more added to Downloadable Forms page
- Working With Other Organizations fact sheet
- Local Units and Councils in Good Standing may
request to receive the Illinois PTA Bylaws for Local Units and
Councils via email. Go to the Members' Only Page for further
information.
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Advice on Complying with
State of Illinois Sales Tax Statutes
A Members Only section is available to PTA
members who belong to a unit in good standing. To receive
password access go to the Member Account page. Click on sign up
and complete the sign up form including entering your local unit
National PTA ID number. After you complete the sign-in process and
receive your password (password is usually emailed to you
within 1 day), you will then be able to access the Members
Only area. Again, to sign up or login (after receiving a password),
just go to the Member Account page. Pages within Members Only
include downloadable files, such as awards and recognition forms and
the PTA Store. Here you will be able to purchase everything from
Life Memberships to PTA pens online. Remember your PTA unit must be in good standing for
you to have access to the Members' Only Section. If your unit
is not in good standing your password will be placed in an inactive
status until your PTA unit becomes a unit in good standing again.
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