BY-LAWS
Section 1. The meetings of the Executive Committee shall be scheduled by the President of the Association and a schedule of meeting dates for the current school year shall be posted during the month of September in each school building. The schedule shall provide for a monthly meeting of the Executive Committee on or about the second Monday of every month school is in session. These shall be the regular meetings of the Executive Committee. The President may call special meetings of the Executive Committee at other times for good reason at the President's discretion.
Section 2. The meetings of the Faculty Council shall be scheduled by the President of the Association and a schedule of meeting dates for the current school year shall be posted during the month of September in each school building. The schedule shall provide for a monthly meeting of the Faculty Council on or about the third Monday of every month school is in session. These shall be the regular meetings of the Faculty Council. The President may call special meetings of the Faculty Council at other times for good reason at the President's discretion. Upon written request of one-tenth of the general membership, the President shall be required to call a meeting of the Faculty Council within two weeks.
ARTICLE II - Quorum
Section 1. The Executive Committee members present shall constitute a quorum for the Executive Committee meetings.
Section 2. The Faculty Council members present shall constitute a quorum for the Faculty Council meetings.
Section 3. The members present shall constitute a quorum for the General Meetings of the Association.
ARTICLE III - Duties of Officers
Section 1. The President shall preside at all General, Executive Committee and Faculty Council meetings; appoint committee chairmen and a parliamentarian; enforce the Constitution and By-Laws of this Association, and represent the Association before the Board of Education of the City of Hackensack, the Superintendent of the Hackensack Public Schools, and the public.
Section 2. The Vice President shall assume all the duties of the President in the President's absence; meet with the committee chairmen monthly and report on their activities monthly to the President, and perform such other duties as assigned by the Executive Committee.
Section 3. The Recording Secretary shall keep accurate minutes of all Executive Committee, Faculty Council, and General Meetings, maintain a permanent file of these minutes, and shall distribute copies of the minutes to all officers, faculty representatives, committee chairmen, and associate groups.
Section 4. The Corresponding Secretary shall be responsible for all correspondence of the Association and be responsible for sending all meeting notices.
Section 5. The Treasurer shall be responsible for all the funds of the Association; be responsible for the collection of dues; deposit all monies in the name of the Association; hold the funds of the Association and disburse them upon submission of vouchers approved by the President; keep accurate records of all receipts and disbursements; distribute monthly reports to all members of the Facutly Council; serve as chairman of the budget committee, and transmit appropriate New Jersey Education Association and National Education Association dues money to the New Jersey Education Association no later than ten days after its receipt by the Association from the Board of Education.
Section 6. The Immediate-Past-President shall advise the Executive Committee and assist the President at the President's request.
ARTICLE IV - Executive Committee
Section 1. The Executive Committee shall conduct the administrative functions of the Association; execute policies established by the Faculty Council; approve all appointments of committee chairmen made by the President; assign duties to committees, and approve all expenditures.
Section 2. All members of the Executive Committee with the exception of the Immediate-Past-President shall have the power to vote and approve all matters before it.
ARTICLE V - Faculty Council
Section 1. The Faculty Council shall be the legislative body of the Association; act on committee reports; establish the policies of the Association; approve resolutions; approve the annual budget; amend the By-Laws; submit amendments to the Constitution to the general membership, and elect honorary members.
Section 2. The members of the Faculty Council shall have sole power to vote and approve all matters before the Faculty Council.
ARTICLE VI - Committees
Section 1. The President shall appoint the following committee chairmen
with the approval of the Executive Committee:
a. Legislation
b. Teacher Education and Professional Standards
c. Professional Rights and Responsibilities
d. Negotiations
e. Nominations and Elections
f. Membership
g. Social
Section 2. Each year the President shall appoint such other committees as may be necessary and shall discharge them upon completion of their duties.
ARTICLE VII - Elections
Section 1. Nominations.
a. A Nominations and Elections committee consisting of a chairman
and one active member from each building shall consider all nominations
for elective office; post a list of candidates at least two weeks
before elections; supervise the election; report results to the
Faculty Council and the general membership and establish the rules
and procedures for nominations and elections not set forth in the
Constitution or By-Laws. Members of this committee shall not be
eligible to hold elective office.
b. During March any member may submit nominations for President, Vice
President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treasurer
to the Nominations and Elections Committee. During March any member of
a particular building may submit nominations for Faculty Representatives
from that member's building to the Nominations and Elections Committee.
The Committee shall submit its list of candidates at the March meeting
of the Faculty Council. Additional nominations may be made by members
of the Faculty Council at this meeting. The Nominations and Elections
Committee shall post the list of candidates at least two weeks prior to
the elections.
Section 2. One week before the April meeting of the Faculty Council, the members of the Association shall vote by secret ballot for officers and faculty representatives in accordance with the procedures developed by the Nominations and Elections Committee and approved by the Faculty Council.
ARTICLE VIII - Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first day of September and shall end on the last day of August.
ARTICLE IX - Rules of Order
Robert's Rules of Order, Revised, shall be the parliamnetary authority for meetings of the Association and shall govern all questions not provided for by the Constitution, By-Laws, and standing rules adopted by the Faculty Council.
ARTICLE X - Dues
The annual dues of the Association shall be forty-five dollars for active members and for limited members, and seven dollars for associate members. The annual dues of the Assiciation shall be fifty-five dollars for active members, and eight dollars and fifty cents for associate members for the year 2002-2003. Thereafter, dues shall increase by five dollars for active members and fifty cents for associate members each year for three consecutive years. See schedule of dues:
Year Active Members Associate Members
2002-2003 $55 $8.50
2003-2004 $60 $9.00
2004-2005 $65 $9.50
2005-2006 $70 $10.00