Governing Documents - Standing Rules
- The right to vote on Caucus business shall be limited to current Category A dues paying members. The rights of debate and discussion shall be limited to current Category A and Category B dues paying members. Non-dues paying visitors may not participate in debate, discussion or voting. The treasurer shall be the final authority in matters of question regarding validity of membership. (Amended April, 2011)
- The order of business at meetings of the Caucus shall be the discretion of the Co-Chairs, with the advice of the Executive Committee and as amended/adopted by the members in attendance. (Amended January, 1995)
- Standing Rules may be amended or deleted at any meeting of the Caucus.
- Minutes of the meetings of the Caucus shall be provided to the membership at the first meeting of the Caucus at the next meeting of the CTA State Council.
- An official Parliamentarian shall be appointed at the discretion of the Co-Chairs.. Any questions of a parliamentary nature may be directed only through the presiding officer/chairperson. The Parliamentarian may advise the chair; only the presiding officer may rule.
- Bylaws will be provided to each new member and will be available at all meetings of the Caucus.
- Elections shall be conducted under the general guidelines of the CTA Elections Manual with open nominations and equal access for all voting members.
- Dues for the CTA/GLBTC shall be no more than those for the NEA/GLC. (Amended March 1994)
CTA GLBTC Membership Dues Structure
The following CTA-GLBTC dues structure and definitions revision shall apply to all members, effective July 1, 2006 (Amended January 2006):
- Category A (Voting members):
- $20 – Regular (Active) membership (CTA Caucus only)
- $40 – Joint (Active) membership (Both CTA and NEA Caucuses)
- $35 – Domestic Partners membership (CTA Caucus only; must be two CTA members who reside at same address)
- $65 – Joint Domestic Partners membership (Both CTA and NEA Caucuses; must be two CTA members who reside at same address.
- $5 – Student membership (Must be a Student CTA member)
- $5 – Retired membership (Must be a member of CTA –Retired)
- Category B (Non-voting members):
- $10 – Associate membership (Anyone who is not a CTA member)
CTA/NEA Candidate Interviews & Recommendations
- The Executive Committee will issue a request to members of the Caucus for volunteers to serve on the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee for the current council year;
- The Executive Committee will appoint a Chair of the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee and the four committee members;
- The Chair of the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee will recommend a 5-member interview committee, including the chair, to the Executive Committee for approval;
- The CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee will serve from September 1 through the following June 30;
- No more than 2 of the committee members may be Class B members;
- Members of the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee must be Caucus members in good standing and membership must be verified with the Caucus Treasurer prior to candidate interviews;
- Candidate interviews will take place the afternoon of the regularly scheduled Caucus meeting of each CTA State Council Meeting;
- The Candidate Interview Committee Chair shall contact CTA Governance to obtain the names and email address of officially recognized CTA/NEA candidates;
- The interview committee will only interview candidates after the position has been officially declared open by CTA;
- The Chair of the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee shall send an email to each candidate that has filed a declaration of candidacy, and copied to the Caucus Co-Chairs. The email shall:
- Introduce the Caucus;
- Indicate that the Caucus is interested in interviewing the candidate;
- Request that candidate respond to schedule an interview;
- Provide a date and time range for the interview; and
- Provide a deadline for responding;
- The interview committee will interview all CTA/NEA candidates expressing an interest in seeking the Caucus’s recommendation that respond before the indicated deadline. It is the sole responsibility of the CTA/NEA candidate to schedule the interview appointment and attend the interview;
- The CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee will meet in private to interview each candidate, using the questions formulated by the committee and approved by the Caucus Co-Chairs. In fairness to all candidates seeking the Caucus recommendations, all candidates will be asked the same questions and scored using the same scoring rubric;
- After interviewing all candidates for an office, the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee will meet to discuss the results of the interviews, using the scoring rubric as a reference point, and making a final recommendation to the Caucus;
- The Chair of the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee shall submit a written “CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee Summary”, which shall include a list of all candidates interviewed, offices for which they were interviewed, each interviewers rubric scaled score, the recommendations of the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee, and a summary of why the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee is making its recommendation, to the Caucus Co-Chairs no later than 30 minutes prior to the first Caucus meeting;
- The Chair of the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee shall present each recommendation to the Caucus for a vote approving its recommendations. The Candidate Interview Committee shall present one of the following THREE recommendation categories on which the Caucus membership will vote – “YES RECOMMENDATION”, “NO RECOMMENDATION”, or “YOUR CHOICE RECOMMENDATION”;
- Members of the Caucus shall have the opportunity to question the Chair of the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee regarding the Committee’s recommendation, but under no circumstances shall the score for any candidate be provided to any member of the Caucus, other than the Co-Chairs;
- Members of the Caucus will have the option of approving the committee’s recommendation or, by substitute motion, either rejecting the committee’s recommendation, selecting an alternate candidate or taking a position of ‘no position’ on any race;
- The CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee will not reopen interviews for any position for which they have already interviewed.
- The Chair of the CTA/NEA Candidate Interview Committee will notify recommended candidates and provide them with recommendation stickers.
