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<h1>Chicago Teachers Union <br/>Constitution and By-Laws
<p style="text-transform:none">(amended and corrected as of <ins>2017</ins><del>November 20, 2009</del>)</p></h1>
<section id='constitution'>
<h1>Constitution</h1>
<article id='A0'>
<h2>Preamble</h2>
<p>We, teachers, and other educational personnel in the Chicago Public Schools, being members of the Chicago Teachers Union, do hereby declare this Union to have the following purposes:</p>
<ol>
<li>
to protect and improve the services of the public schools as a social agency for developing the capacities of the young and promoting adult education;</li>
<li>to promote and guarantee efficient and faithful service from us to the public and to insure to us in return for that service a fair reward and a just security;</li>
<li>in accordance with the Agreement between the Board of Education of the City of Chicago and Chicago Teachers Union, to assert, secure, and protect the inherent and fundamental equity in our jobs;</li>
<li>as the sole collective bargaining agent for members of the bargaining unit, to establish and maintain orderly and practicable democratic processes in the management of the Chicago public schools, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement;</li>
<li>to maintain a relationship of mutual assistance and cooperation with organized labor;</li>
<ins>
<li>to unify the educators of traditional public schools and public charter schools in the City of Chicago, together with other Chicago-area educators that may <u>join</u> with this Union.</li> <li>to promote racial, economic and social justice in order to achieve educational justice and build community and labor coalitions to achieve that objective.</li></ins></ol>
<p>So that orderly and fair procedures for seeking those ends may be established, we, the members of Chicago Teachers Union, do establish this Constitution and these By-Laws and do pledge ourselves to carry out the provisions thereof. </p>
</article>
<article id='A1'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE I</span>
NAME AND AFFILIATION</h2>
<section id='A1-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span></span> The name of this organization shall be Chicago Teachers Union, chartered as Local 1, by the American Federation of Teachers which is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. Chicago Teachers Union shall be directly affiliated with the Chicago Federation of Labor-Industrial Union Council, the Illinois State Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the Illinois Federation of Teachers.</p>
</section>
<section id='A1-2'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Members selected as delegates in accordance with the By-Laws, shall represent this Union and shall attend meetings of the organizations with which the Union is affiliated. </p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='A2'>
<h2>
<span class="num">ARTICLE II</span>
MEMBERSHIP</h2>
<section id='A2-1'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Eligibility for Regular Membership</h3>
<p><ins>The following persons shall be eligible for regular membership:</ins></p>
<ol>
<li><ins>All persons (except superintendents, principals, directors of departments and bureaus holding principals’ certificates, and other categories specifically prohibited from membership by statute) who are licensed</ins> <del>regularly certificated</del> by the <ins>Illinois State Board of Education for</ins> <del>Chicago Board of Education according to regular examinations for teaching or for supervision of</del> teaching in the Chicago public schools<del> and Chicago Board of Education playgrounds, shall be eligible to membership in this Union</del>.</li>
<ins><li>All counselors, clinicians, educational support staff and paraprofessionals employed in the Chicago Public Schools.</li>
<li>All teachers, educational support staff and paraprofessionals employed at public charter schools.</li></ins>
<li>All teachers hired on an emeritus contract type of assignment<del> shall be eligible</del>.</li>
<li>All teachers on sabbatical leaves<del> shall be eligible</del>.</li>
<li>All teachers temporarily <ins>licensed</ins><del>certificated</del> by the <ins>Illinois State Board of Education </ins><del>Chicago Board of Education shall be eligible</del>.</li>
<li><ins>All persons belonging to other categories of educational personnel<del>,</del> who have been voted into membership by the House of Delegates</ins><del> shall be eligible</del>.</li>
<li>All persons employed by the Chicago Teachers Union.</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='A2-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Eligibility for Retired Functional Group Membership</h3>
<p>All persons eligible for membership as provided for in Sec. 1 of this article who have been retired or who have resigned from their positions in the Chicago public schools shall be eligible for Retired Functional Group Membership.</p>
</section>
<section id='A2-3'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> Eligibility for Inactive Associate Membership</h3>
<ol>
<li>All members on maternity leave shall be eligible for Inactive Associate membership for the length of their leaves.</li>
<li>All members on leave for other employment (except for Union service) shall be eligible for Inactive Associate Membership for length of their leaves.</li>
<li>All members on board approved military, paternity, travel, study or other leaves without salary shall be eligible for inactive associate membership for the length of their leaves.</li></ol>
</section>
<section id='A2-4'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> Eligibility for Student Membership</h3>
<p> College students preparing for teaching careers shall be eligible for Student membership.</p>
</section>
<section id='A2-5'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> Forfeiture of Membership</h3>
<p> Membership in this Union is forfeited by:</p>
<ol>
<li>two months’ arrearage in annual dues;</li>
<li>expulsion from the Union according to procedures provided in the By-Laws.</li></ol>
</section>
<section id='A2-6'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 6:</span> Reinstatement</h3>
<p>Any former member of the Union may be reinstated to membership by procedures provided in the By-Laws.</p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='A3'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE III</span>
DUES</h2>
<p>Every member of this Union shall pay into its treasury regular annual dues as provided in the By-Laws.</p>
</article>
<article id='A4'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE IV</span>MEMBERSHIP AREAS AND DISTRICTS</h2>
<p>To the extent possible, the Union shall be divided by schools into three areas – A, B, and C – and into districts within those areas which are as equal as possible and which correspond to the school divisions established by the Board of Education</p>
</article>
<article id='A5'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE V</span>ELECTIVE OFFICERS</h2>
<section id='A5-1'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Titles</h3>
<p>The elective officers of the Union shall be: President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, <del>six</del><ins>seven</ins> Trustees, three Area Vice Presidents, and a Functional Vice President for each one thousand Union members, or major fraction thereof, in each of the following groups: elementary teachers, high school teachers, <ins class='nov'>veteran substitute teachers, </ins><ins>clinicians,</ins> and career service employees, provided that each of these groups shall have at least one Vice President. The membership in good standing for December 31 preceding an election shall be the determining figure.<ins> The Charter Division members shall additionally elect a Chair, Vice Chair, and Charter Division Trustee (who shall be a voting members of the executive board).</ins></p>
</section>
<section id='A5-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Term of Office</h3>
<p>All elective officers shall be elected for terms of three years and may succeed themselves.</p>
</section>
<section id='A5-3'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> Removal from Office</h3>
<p>If an officer is removed from membership in the Union under Article XIV of the By-laws, he or she shall be removed from his/her office automatically and immediately.<ins> The vacancy shall be filled as provided for in this Constitution and Bylaws.</ins></p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='A6'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE VI</span>
HOUSE OF DELEGATES</h2>
<section id='A6-1'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Authority</h3>
<p>Subject to the final authority of the membership, the general governing body of the Union shall be a House of Delegates, the members of which shall be members of the Union in good standing, elected by vote of their constituent Union members.<ins> The House may consider and act upon any matter that it regards as pertinent to the purposes and activities of this Union</ins>.</p>
<p>Each member of the House of Delegates shall have full voting privileges (except as provided for in Article VI Sec. 2), except members representing retired members shall not vote on the authorization of a strike or the acceptance or the rejecting of a partial or final collective bargaining agreement.</p>
<p>Action by the House to authorize a strike or accept or reject a partial or final collective bargaining agreement shall be advisory only and in both instances shall be subject to a final, direct vote of the regular members.</p>
<p>The House of Delegates shall determine the actual date of the strike.</p>
<p>The manner of such voting shall be set by the House except that the House may never authorize indirect <ins>(proxy)</ins> voting.</p>
</section>
<section id='A6-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> How Constituted</h3>
<p>Executive Board Members – Each member of the Executive Board shall be a member of the House of Delegates. Appointed members to the Executive Board <ins>who are</ins> not elected to the House shall have the right to <ins>speak on</ins> the floor in <del>the</del> House meetings but not to a vote.</p>
<p><ins>Regular Members – Each school (Charter and District) or citywide representative unit shall have at least one (1) Delegate and additional Associate Delegates to the House of Delegates as follows: </ins></p>
<ins>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Number of Regular Members at the School or Citywide Representative Unit</th>
<th>House of Delegates Members from that School or Citywide Representative Unit</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1 to 59</td>
<td> 1 Delegate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>60 to 99</td>
<td>1 Delegate and 1 Associate Delegate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>100 to 139</td>
<td>1 Delegate and 2 Associate Delegates</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=2>And one additional Associate Delegate for every forty members thereafter</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</ins>
<del><p>Regular Members – 1) One Delegate shall be elected for the first twenty regular members. 2) An additional Associate Delegate shall be elected for every forty regular members thereafter in a particular CPS school. 3) Schools with less than twenty members shall be combined to form representational units. A non-voting Delegate shall be elected in each school with less than twenty members. Following their election, an election shall be conducted within the combined unit to determine which Delegate shall be entitled to a vote in the House.</p></del>
<p>Retired Members – One Delegate shall be elected for each one hundred <ins>retired</ins> members.</p>
</section>
<section id='A6-3'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> Term of Office </h3>
<p>1) Term of a Delegate shall be three years, providing he/she retains membership in good standing in the Union. 2) The Delegate shall be elected for a three year term beginning in January 1997. The term of office shall begin February 1.</p>
<p>Whenever a Delegate ceases to be a part of the unit or functional group which that Delegate was elected to represent, he/she or any member of the unit shall notify the Financial Secretary after which the position shall be declared vacant by the Financial Secretary and a new election shall be held <ins>as soon as practicable</ins><del>within 10 days</del> to fill the position for the remainder of the term.</p>
<p><ins>Upon petition from the local school to the Rules-Elections Committee, a member who is absent from three consecutive meetings of the House, without explanation made to the Financial Secretary, shall be considered to have vacated his/her position, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in this Constitution and Bylaws.</ins></p>
</section>
<del>
<section id='A6-4'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> The House of Delegates shall provide for an Executive Committee, consisting of the President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, Treasurer, and Chairperson of the Trustees, with such powers and duties as shall be provided by the By-Laws.</p>
</section>
</del>
</article>
<article id='A7'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE VII</span> <ins>EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and EXECUTIVE BOARD</ins></h2>
<section id='A7-1'>
<h3> <span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Authority</h3>
<p>Subject to direction and sanction by the House of Delegates, as provided in the By-Laws, the general administration of the Union shall be the responsibility of the Executive Committee, subject, however, to the authority of the Executive Board.</p>
</section>
<section id='A7-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Constituted of the Executive Board</h3>
<p>The Executive Board shall consist of all the elected officers as specified in Article V of the Constitution; <ins>the Chair, Vice Chair and Trustee of the Charter Division;one non-voting “New Organizing” Chair selected by the Charter Division;</ins> two (2) members of the Union’s delegation to the Chicago Federation of Labor chosen by the President, a Functional Vice President of Retired Members who shall be elected by that group; any member of the Union who is a major officer of the American Federation of Teachers or the Illinois Federation of Teachers; the chairpersons of Chicago Teachers Union’s standing committees and the Editor of the official Union publication.</p>
<p>The above described officers of the American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers, the chairpersons of standing committees, and all members of the Union’s professional staff shall have the right to the floor in Executive Board meetings but not to a vote.</p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='A8'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE VIII</span>BOARD OF TRUSTEES</h2>
<section id='A8-1'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Authority<ins> of the Board of Trustees</ins></h3>
<p>The Board of Trustees shall have general supervision of the property and finances of the Local, subject to the provisions of the By-Laws.</p>
</section>
<section id='A8-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Budget Committee</h3>
<p>The Board of Trustees, the President, the Vice President, the Recording Secretary, and the Financial Secretary, shall comprise the Budget Committee which shall prepare the annual budget in accordance with acceptable accounting procedures and with the assistance of the Union’s certified public accountants. The chairperson of the Board of Trustees shall be the chairperson of the Budget Committee.</p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='A9'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE IX</span>STANDING COMMITTEES</h2>
<section id='A9-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> The Union shall have standing committees with such functions as are provided in the By-Laws.</p>
</section>
<section id='A9-2'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> The Membership Committee shall consist of the Financial Secretary, the three Area Vice Presidents, and the District <ins>Organizers</ins><del>Supervisors</del>.</p>
</section>
<section id='A9-3'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> The chairperson and members of each standing committee shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Executive Board. The chairperson and members of the standing committees shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years.</p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='A10'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE X</span>DELEGATES</h2>
<section id='A10-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> <ins>CPS</ins> School Delegates</p>
<ol>
<li>In each <ins>CPS District and Charter</ins> school, one (1) regular teacher member shall be elected the School Delegate. The School Delegate shall be the ranking officer of the Union in each school.</li>
<li><span class="title">How and When Chosen – </span>The School Delegate shall be elected by the Union teacher members in the school by a plurality of the votes cast as provided in Article V. Sec. 2a of the By-Laws. Delegates shall be elected and certified to the Financial Secretary on or before February 1 in an election year. In the event no Delegate is elected, the chairperson of the Membership Committee shall, after sufficient notice to members involved, submit to the Executive Board the name of a Union teacher member from the school who will serve as a non-voting Delegate.</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='A10-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Other Delegates</h3>
<ol>
<li>Delegates representing groups other than elementary or high school teachers shall be elected by the members of their respective groups.</li>
<li><ins>Schools shall be allowed to elect a temporary delegate replacement, with all voting powers afforded to that school, in the event and at such time that their School delegate is on an extended leave. Upon the conclusion of aforementioned leave, the School delegate shall return to his/her former role and replace the temporary delegate.</li></ins>
</ol>
</section>
</article>
<ins>
<article id='A11'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE XI</span>CHARTER SCHOOL DIVISION</h2>
<p>Members employed at Charter schools shall be subject to the terms of this Constitution, shall elect CTU Officers <u>per Article V of the CTU Constitution</u>, shall elect Charter School Division officers who shall also serve on CTU governing bodies, and shall negotiate and ratify their labor contracts.</p>
<section id='A11-1'>
<h3><span class="num">Section 1.</span> Charter Division Governing Board</h3>
<ol>
<li>The Charter Division Governing Board shall meet five times per year, or at the call of the Charter Division Chair, or at the call of two (2) or more of its members, for the purpose of initiating, overseeing or revising the program of the organization and to conduct other business of the organization that is within its authority and not inconsistent with the terms of this Constitution and Bylaws. A quorum for the Charter Board shall be one-half of its members.</li>
<li>The Charter Board shall consist of the Charter Division’s elected officers, the Chair of each Charter School Council and all other voting and non-voting members of the House of Delegates within the charter division. The CTU President or his/her designee shall serve on the Charter Board but shall not have a vote.</li>
<li>The Charter Board shall establish all standing and special committees and approve the chairperson and membership of all committees, and receive regular reports from such committees.</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='A11-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Section 2.</span> Charter Division Board and Membership Meetings</h3>
<ol>
<li>The Membership Meeting shall meet twice yearly at a predetermined time and place, or more or less often as approved by the majority vote of assembled members in the regularly constituted Membership Meeting. A Quorum for the Membership Meeting shall be five percent (5%) of total membership of the division. Action items shall require a simple majority of votes when cast in the Membership Meeting.</li>
<li>Special Membership meetings may be called by the Chair (or acting Chair), by a majority of the Charter Board or by petition to the Charter Board of fifteen percent (15%) of the members in good standing. The notice of the special meeting and the agenda shall be circulated to all members at least seven (7) days in advance of the meeting. Items not included on the agenda for the special meeting will not be addressed. All special meetings shall be adequately advertised and conducted according to the provisions of this Constitution.</li>
<li>The Charter Board shall receive and approve division committee reports, including financial reports or audits; and shall develop and vote on resolutions to guide the policy of the organization, subject to the provisions of this Constitution and Bylaws.</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='A11-3'>
<h3><span class="num">Section 3.</span> Charter School Network Councils</h3>
<ol>
<li>Each represented Charter School Network shall constitute a separate Council within the Charter School Division. Under no circumstances shall there be more than one Council at any worksite.</li>
<li>Each Council shall adopt its own bylaws, which are subject to review and approval by the Charter Board and the CTU President, and shall not conflict with this Constitution and Bylaws or any policy adopted by the Charter Division Board or the House of Delegates. The bylaws must include provisions to elect a Council Chair, Secretary, and other Council Officers if appropriate, and Delegates to the Charter Board, and must otherwise comply with the provisions of this Article.</li>
<li>Councils shall meet regularly to discuss and take action upon issues that are of particular relevance to the Council. Councils may, at any time, refer matters of general interest to the Charter Division Board. Councils provide a channel of communication between the organization and individual members. Each Council shall establish abargaining committee for the purpose of negotiating single or multi-employer labor agreements, with the assistance of the CharterDivision Board. Any strike must be authorized by a majority of the affected employees voting, subject to approval by the Charter Division Board and CTU President.</li>
<li>Councils are subordinate to the Charter Division Board. If a Council fails to elect leadership or take any other necessary action when required to do so, the Charter Division Chair, with the advice and consent of the Charter Division Board, shall take whatever action is necessary to best serve the membership.</li>
<li>Terms of Office and Vacancies. Council Elections for officers and delegates shall be conducted in accordance with the AFT Constitution, the standards set out by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), and the provisions of their own by-laws provided are consistent with this Constitution and By-Laws. Term of office shall not exceed three years. Each member shall have a reasonable opportunity to be nominated for office. Notice of the nominations and election of Council officers shall be provided to each member at least 15 days in advance of the nomination and the election. Elections shall be by secret ballot and held at each worksite. Results shall be published by campus and submitted to the Charter Board at its next meeting. If any Council Officer or delegate vacates the position, the remaining Council Officers and Delegates shall elect another member to fill the unexpired term of the vacated office.</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='A11-4'>
<h3><span class="num">Section 4.</span> Duties of Charter Division Officers</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha">
<li>The Charter Division Chair shall be the principal officer of the Charter Division, shall serve on the CTU Executive Board, and shall have the following duties:</li>
<ol>
<li>be the presiding officer at all meetings of the membership and the Charter Board;</li>
<li>be an ex-officio member of all Charter Division standing committees except the Elections Committee;</li>
<li>be the principal executive officer of the Charter Division;</li>
<li>receive, report and respond to correspondence of the organization;</li>
<li>represent the Charter Division before employer bodies, executive and legislative officials;</li>
<li>represent the Charter Division before the public, community organizations, and the news media;</li>
<li>serve as a delegate to any labor body, affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, or otherwise as appropriate;</li>
<li>make an annual report to the organization's membership; and</li>
<li>delegate the responsibilities of the office except where otherwise specified by the Constitution;</li>
<li>shall serve as a nonvoting member of the CTU Executive Committee; and</li>
<li>shall serve as a voting member of the House of Delegates and Executive Board</li>
</ol>
<li>The Charter Division Vice Chair shall serve on the CTU Executive Board and shall have the following duties:</li>
<ol>
<li>assume the duties of the Chair in the event of the absence, illness, or death of the Chair;</li>
<li>oversee the work of and receive regular reports from the organizing committee.</li>
<li>perform other duties delegated by the Chair or assigned by the Charter Board; </li>
<li>shall serve as a voting member of the House of Delegates and Executive Board</li>
</ol>
<li>The Charter Division Trustee shall serve on the CTU Executive Board as a CTU Trustee and shall have the following duties:</li>
<ol>
<li>maintain the financial and files and records of the Charter Division;</li>
<li>perform other duties delegated by the Chair or assigned by the Charter Board; and</li>
<li>shall serve as avoting member of the House of Delegates </li>
</ol>
<li>The Charter Division Secretary shall have the following duties:</li>
<ol>
<li>maintain the non-financial files and records of the Charter Division;</li>
<li>record and keep accurate minutes of meetings of the membership and the Charter Division Board;</li>
<li>assist the Chair in handling the correspondence of the Division;</li>
<li>oversee the work of, and receive and certify the reports of, the Elections Committee;</li>
<li>perform other duties delegated by the Chair or assigned by the Charter Board; and</li>
<li>shall serve as a nonvoting member of the House of Delegates unless separately elected as a delegate to that body</li>
</ol>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='A11-5'>
<h3><span class="num">Section 5. </span>Election of Charter Division Officers and vacancies</h3>
<ol>
<li>Elections shall be conducted in accordance with the AFT Constitution and the standards set out by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). Officers shall be elected every three yearsconcurrent with the CTU Officers per Article V of the By-Laws. The Charter Division will elect the following officers: Charter Division Chair; Charter Division Vice Chair; Charter Division Trustee and Charter Division Secretary.</li>
<li>To be eligible for office a person must be a member in good standing of the Union and employed at a represented CPS Charter School for a period of two years prior to the date of the election. However, this minimum period of membership shall be six months if the member is in a bargaining unit represented by the Union for less than two years.</li>
<li>The Elections Committee shall conduct all elections and referenda of the Charter Division at which only Charter Division members vote. The Elections Committee shall consist of three members in good standing appointed by the Charter Chair with the approval of the Charter Board. The Elections Committee shall elect its chair at least thirty (30) days prior to nominations. No member of the Elections Committee may be nominated for office.</li>
<li>At least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the election, the Elections Committee shall publish the rules for nominations and elections and shall notify all members of the opening of nominations for officers, the offices to be filled and of the date of the election mail to each member’s home or school site mail box.</li>
<li>The nomination of candidates for office shall be by petition. To be nominated a candidate must submit to the Elections Committee a petition containing the signatures of at least: 1) twenty five (25) of Charter Division members; or 2) seventy-five percent (75%) of the members in the candidate’s council; whichever is less. Petitions must be submitted no later than fifteen (15) days following the posted notice of the opening of nominations. Members nominated to run for office must affirmatively accept their nomination. If only one eligible candidate is nominated for an office, the candidate shall be declared elected and no election shall be held.</li>
<li>Challenges and objections to the election must be submitted in writing, with a statement of supporting reasons that includes specific facts as well as any documentation, to the Elections Committee within five (5) days of the count. The Elections Committee shall issue its written opinion regarding the objections no later than ten (10) days after receipt of such objections. Rulings of the Elections Committee may be appealed to the CTU President.</li>
<li>With the exception of the Charter Division Chair, the Charter Division Board will have the power to fill vacancies in its membership until the next general election of officers.</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='A11-6'>
<h3><span class="num">Section 6.</span> Election of CTU Officers and Delegates to the CTU House of Delegates</h3>
<p>The Election of CTU Officers, School delegates to the CTU House of Delegates, and other CTU Offices for which Charter Division members vote shall be conducted by the Election Committee under Bylaw Article V.</p>
</section>
</article>
</ins>
<article id='A12'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE XI<ins>I</ins></span>SPECIAL GROUPS</h2>
<section id='A12-1'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Regular Members</h3>
<p>Regular members of the Union whose duties are such as to prevent them from being permanent members of any one school may attend meetings in the district or school where they may be employed at the time meetings are held.</p>
</section>
<section id='A12-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Inactive Associate Members</h3>
<p> All Inactive Associate Members may attend all general meetings.</p>
</section>
<section id='A12-3'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> Retired Functional Group Members</h3>
<p> All Retired Functional Group members may attend all general meetings.</p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='A13'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE XII<ins>I</ins></span>SAFEGUARDS AND OBLIGATIONS</h2>
<section id='A13-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> This Union shall not promote or permit itself to be used to promote any advantage for any member or particular group of its members, unless the House of Delegates shall decide by majority vote that such action is in the interest of the Union as a whole.</p>
</section>
<section id='A13-2'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> The union shall not take any action affecting a particular group of its members without the advice and counsel of that group.</p>
</section>
<section id='A13-3'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> This Union shall not promote any political party on the federal, state, or local level or any social or economic creed or theory unless such action shall have been previously endorsed by at least two-thirds vote of both the Executive Board and of the House of Delegates or by one of the labor bodies with which the Union is affiliated.</p>
</section>
<section id='A13-4'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> The Union shall not make any distinction among its members on account of race, ethnicity, <del class='nov'>sex, sexual preference, </del><ins class='nov'>biological sex, gender, sexual orientation, </ins>age, <ins>disability, veteran status, marital status,</ins> or political, social, religious, or economic views.</p>
</section>
<section id='A13-5'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> The members of this Union hereby declare their faith in each other and their consequent insistence upon the maintenance of the democratic processes and of the representative form of government by which the Union functions in all relations between the Union and its members.</p>
</section>
<section id='A13-6'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 6:</span> No provisions of this Constitution or its By-Laws shall be valid which is in violation of the Constitution or By-Laws of the American Federation of Teachers.</p>
</section>
<section id='A13-7'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 7:</span> The results of any referendum of the membership of the Union, including the referendum called to vote on this amendment, and the results of any vote for election of Union officers, shall be posted on the Union’s official website immediately following such vote or referendum. The posting shall include the number of affirmative and negative votes cast at each school or polling place in each referendum. The posting shall include the number of votes cast for each officer candidate in each school or polling place, and by classification of members voting by mail ballot in each election.</p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='A14'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE XI<ins>V</ins><del>II</del></span>AMENDMENTS AND REFERENDA</h2>
<p>This Constitution, with the exception of this article, may be amended by a two-thirds vote at any meeting of the House of Delegates, provided that notice of the proposed amendment and a copy thereof was in the call for the meeting, and provided further that the amendment was published to the membership not less than ten days previous to the meeting.</p>
<p>Any question, including amendments to this Constitution, shall, on recommendation of the Executive Board or on recommendation of the House of Delegates, or on petition of five percent of the membership of the Union, be decided <ins>instead</ins> by referendum of the regular membership of the Union. A majority of votes cast shall decide the issue.</p>
</article>
<ins>
<article id='A15'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE XV</span> AMENDMENTS AND REFERENDA OF THE CHARTER DIVISION</h2>
<p>Any amendment to Article XI (Charter Division) must also be approved by a majority of voting Charter Division members.
</article>
</ins>
</section>
<section id='by-laws'>
<ins><br clear=all> </ins></p>
<h1>BY-LAWS</h1>
<article id='B1'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE I</span>PROCEDURE TO ESTABLISH MEMBERSHIP</h2>
<section id='B1-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Application for membership or for reinstatement in this Union shall be made on a form prescribed by the Executive Committee. <del>Such application must be signed by the applicant and countersigned by the School Delegate or by any member of the Union in good standing.</del></p>
</section>
<section id='B1-2'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Any member of the Union may receive dues deduction applications<del> or cash applications with dues payment for new memberships and for reinstatements</del>, but all such applications <del>and payments, where applicable,</del> shall be turned over to the School Delegate or to the Financial Secretary or to the Financial Secretary’s representative<del>, who shall issue a receipt for the same if cash is received on a form prescribed by the Executive Committee</del>.</p>
</section>
<section id='B1-3'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> The Financial Secretary shall present to each meeting of the Executive Board a report of the number of Union members by functional groups and/or categories and the Board shall act upon the report.</p>
</section>
<section id='B1-4'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> A Union membership card shall be adopted by the Executive Committee. The Financial Office, under the supervision of the Financial Secretary, shall have the sole custody and issuance of <ins>that form</ins><del>same</del>.</p>
</section>
<section id='B1-5'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> The Financial Secretary shall issue a membership card to each applicant for new membership or for reinstatement in accordance with the rules governing eligibility for membership. Every eligible applicant shall be considered a member of the Union from the time his/her application is received by the School Delegate or by the Financial Office.</p>
</section>
<section id='B1-6'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 6:</span> Upon claim presented in person by any member of the Union that he/she has lost his/her Union membership card, and upon verification of the membership, the Financial Secretary of the Union shall issue another membership card, conspicuously marked “Duplicate.”</p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='B2'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE II</span>MEMBERSHIP DUES</h2>
<section id='B2-1'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Policy </h3>
<ins><p>Every member of this Union shall pay into its treasury regular annual or periodic dues as provided in the By-Laws as a condition of remaining in good standing . Members may voluntarily consent to the deduction and remittance of dues from their earnings. The authorization and direction to deduct and remit dues to the Union shall not be a condition of employment. Except as hereinafter provided, membership in this Union shall be continuous. Each member shall be responsible for keeping his/her membership in good standing. Membership shall be prospective from the date of application and at no time shall be retroactive. Applicants for membership or reinstatement shall familiarize themselves with all dues provisions. </p></ins>
<del><p>Except as hereinafter provided, membership in this Union shall be continuous. Each member shall be responsible for keeping his/her membership in good standing. Membership shall be prospective from the date of application and at no time shall be retroactive. Any financial benefits provided by the Union now or in the future shall be shared only in proportion to the number of dollars paid into the treasury, exclusive of service fees. Applicants for membership or reinstatement shall familiarize themselves with all dues provisions.</p></del>
</section>
<section id='B2-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Dues – Schedule</h3>
<ol>
<ins>
<li>Members at Chicago Public Schools (District)
<p><span class='title'>Regular members in full time positions –</span>The annual dues for regular teacher members employed full time in appointed positions (including PAT and TAT) by CPS shall be one percent (1%) of Lane 1, Step 6, of the annual teacher’s salary schedule for 40 weeks;</p>
<p><span class='title'>Regular members in part-time and temporary positions– </span> The dues for regular teacher members employed by CPS in part time or substitute teacher positions shall be sixty percent (60%) of the dues for regular members in full time positions. However, any such member whose salary equals or exceeds a Lane 1, Step 1 teacher salary shall pay full dues.</p>
<p>Any such member whose annual CPS salary is less than $12,000 may make written request to the Dues Adjustment Committee for a reduction of dues to twenty-five percent (25%) of the dues for regular members in full time positions.</p>
<p>Plus all required AFT and IFT per capita taxes shall be added to the annual dues.</p>
<p>Plus, any additional increase in the per capita cost of the occupational liability insurance program shall be added to the annual dues.</p>
<p><span class='title'>Other CPS educational personnel -</span> The annual dues for other CPS educational personnel (school clerks, school library assistants, truant officers, vision and hearing testers, school community representatives, teacher aides, and related titles) shall be based on sixty percent (60%) of the teachers’ dues.</p>
<p><span class='title'>Union Employees –</span> Employees of the Union shall pay the same dues rate as regular teacher members employed full time in CPS District Schools.</p>
</li>
<li>Members at Charter Schools
<p>All members other than paraprofessionals em ployed at Charter Schools whose annual salary is <em>below</em> Step 1, Lane 1 of the CPS non-charter salary schedule shall pay dues at the rate of one percent (1%) of their salary (including pension pick up), plus all required AFT, IFT per capita taxes and other mandatory pass th roughs. But no member will pay less than the dues rate for CPS non-charter paraprofessional members, which is sixty percent (60%) of regular teacher members.</p>
<p>All members other than paraprofessionals employed at Charter Schools whose annual salary is <em>at or above</em> Step 1, Lane 1 of the CPS non-charter salary schedule shall pay dues at the same rate as non-char ter regular teacher members, plus all required AFT, IFT per capita taxes and other mandatory pass throughs.</p>
<p>Charter School members who earn less than 75% of the salary (including pension pick up) of a CPS Lane 1, Step 1 teacher will pay dues at the rate of CPS Paraprofessional members, which is 60% of CTU-CPS dues.</p>
<p>All paraprofessional members shall pay dues at the same rate as CPS non-charter paraprofessional members.</p>
<p><span class='title'>Dues Phase In.</span> Dues rates for existing charter school members on the effective date of this Constitution shall be phased in over a three-year period. Commencing i n the first school year that this Constitution takes effect, the prior existing dues rate for charter members shall be increased by $125 per year until the above dues rates are paid, or until the third school year, whichever comes first.</p>
</li>
<li>Inactive Associate Members and Retired Functional Group Members – The annual dues for Inactive Associate Members and Retired Functional Group Members shall be $50.00.
</li>
</ins>
</ol>
<ol>
<del>
<li><span class='title'>Regular members– </span>Effective September 1, 1986, the annual dues for regular teacher members shall be one percent (1%) of Lane 1, Step 5, of the annual teacher’s salary schedule for 39 weeks;
<p><span class='title'>Regular members– </span>Effective September 1, 1987, the annual dues for regular teacher members shall be one percent (1%) of Lane 1, Step 8, of the annual teacher’s salary schedule for 39 weeks;</p>
<p>Regular members–</span> Effective September 1, 2001, the annual dues for regular teacher members shall be one percent (1%) of Lane 1, Step 6, of the annual teacher’s salary schedule for 40 weeks;</p>
</li>
<li>Plus effective June 30, 1982, and each year thereafter, any increases in AFT and IFT per capita taxes shall be added to the annual dues. Any dues increase arising from provisions of this subsection b shall not exceed $12 in a single CTU budget year.
<p>Plus, effective September 1, 1986, and each year thereafter, any additional increase in the per capita cost of the occupational liability insurance program shall be added to the annual dues.</p>
<p>The annual dues for other educational personnel (school clerks, school library assistants, truant officers, vision and hearing testers, school community representatives, and teacher aides) shall be based on sixty percent (60%) of the teachers’ dues.</p>
</li>
<li><span class='title'>Inactive Associate Members and Retired Functional Group Members–</span> The annual dues for Inactive Associate Members shall be $36. The annual dues for Retired Functional Group Members shall be $24 except those members who retired or resigned prior to November 1, 1961, shall continue to pay $6.</li>
</ol>
</del>
</section>
<section id='B2-3'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> Payments</h3>
<ol>
<li>Annual dues shall be paid by:</p>
<ol>
<li>monthly payroll deduction<ins> pursuant to voluntary written authorization</ins>, or</li>
<li>direct cash payment as of November 1, annually in advance.</li>
</ol>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='B2-4'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> Proration of Dues for Direct Cash Payment</h3>
<ol>
<li>Applications for membership or for reinstatement after May 1 shall be accompanied by one year’s dues plus enough to prorate dues payment to the November 1 annual dues date.</li>
<li>Dues payment for applicants for membership or for reinstatement prior to May 1 shall be prorated to the November annual dues date.</li>
</section>
<del>
<section id='B2-5d'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> Reinstatement Fee</h3>
<p>The following reinstatement fees shall be in effect November 1, 1968:</p>
<ol>
<li>Regular Members</li>
<ol>
<li>Applications for reinstatement by those paying dues by direct cash payment shall be accompanied by a reinstatement fee equal to the monthly dues deduction rate and the direct cash dues payment, or</li>
<li>Written authorization for payroll deduction: The applicant will be billed by the Financial Secretary for the reinstatement fee, which shall be payable within 30 days.</li>
</ol>
<li>Inactive Associate Members and Retired Functional Group Members:</li>
</ol>
<p>Applications for reinstatement shall be accompanied by a fee of $1, and their dues payment.</p>
</section>
</del>
<section id='B2-5'>
<h3><span class='num'>Sec. <ins>5</ins> <del>6</del>:</span> Leaves</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<ins><span class='title'>Study, Travel or Sabbatical Leave –</span> Members on study, travel or sabbatical leave shall pay no less than the inactive associate member dues.</ins>
<p><del><span class='title'>Sabbatical Leave –</span> Members on sabbatical leave shall pay full dues.</del></p>
</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Maternity Leave –</span> Members on maternity leave who are being paid in accordance with the sick pay rules shall pay regular member dues. Members on maternity leave who are not receiving salary and who notify the Union that they are off payroll shall pay maternity leave/inactive associate membership dues.</p>
</li>
<li><span class='title'>Leave for other Employment –</span> Members on leave for other employment (except for Union service <ins>or elective office</ins>) shall pay retired membership dues.</li>
<li><span class='title'>Military Leaves –</span> Members on military leave and members on leave to accompany spouses on military service shall <ins>be carried on the books as regular members and have their dues obligations suspended during the time spent in service.</ins><del>have their dues dates extended an amount of time equal to the time spent in service.</del></li>
<li>Members in good standing who are granted extended sick leave or disability leave whose sick days have expired and who notify the Union that they are off payroll shall be carried on the books as regular members until such time as the leave is terminated and they return to active employment.</li>
<del><li><span class='title'>Study, Travel or Sabbatical Leave –</span> Members on study, travel or sabbatical leave shall pay full dues.</li></del>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='B2-6'>
<h3><span class='num'>Sec. <ins>6</ins> <del>7</del>:</span> Dues Adjustment Committee</h3>
<p>A permanent committee consisting of the four (4) major officers shall consider and resolve requests for dues adjustments which require special study and interpretation under the By-Laws. The President shall be the chairperson.</p>
</section>
<ins>
<section id='B2-7'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 7:</span> Dues Records</h3>
<p>The Union shall maintain, electronically or physically, records of Union membership and dues and fee payments for a minimum of ten (10) years or until t hree years after membership terminates, whichever is later.</p>
</section>
</ins>
<del>
<section id='B2-8d'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 8:</span> Withdrawal</del></h3>
<ol>
<li><span class='title'>Withdrawal Card Upon Application –</span> An honorable withdrawal card may be issued free of charge to any member who leaves the service of the Board of Education or who takes a position which makes him/her ineligible to membership, provided that the member’s dues shall be paid at least to the date of withdrawal.</li>
<li><span class='title'>Refunds –</span> No refunds of dues shall be made to members. Applicants who are not accepted to membership shall have their advance payments refunded.</li>
<li><span class='title'>Records –</span> The cumulative record card of any former member whose dues remain unpaid for twelve months, or any member who is given an honorable withdrawal card, shall be transferred from the current membership to a withdrawal file. All such cards shall be kept indefinitely, except those of deceased persons, which shall be placed in a storage file.</li>
</ol>
</section>
</del>
<section id='B2-8'>
<h3><span class='num'>Sec. <ins>8</ins> <del>9</del>:</span> Non-member Proportionate Share Payments</h3>
<p><ins>To the maximum extent permitted by law,</ins> the Executive Board is authorized and directed to determine the amount of the cost of the proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract administration which non-member employees are required to pay to the Union pursuant to the Agreement between the Board of Education and the Chicago Teachers Union. Such determination shall be made the beginning of each fiscal year and shall be predicated on the total annual cost of all expenditures germane to the collective bargaining process and contract administration.</p>
<p>Any non-member employee <ins>subject to fair share requirements and </ins>making such payments may object to any expenditure from said payment for political activities or causes or ideological issue activities or causes not germane to the collective bargaining process or contract administration, if any such expenditures are included in the proportionate share payments.<ins> Any non-member employee who does not so object may be assessed a fair share fee that is equal to 100% of all dues uniformly required of members, provided the fee does not include any contributions to candidates for political office.</ins></p>
<p>The Executive board is authorized and directed to establish and maintain a hearing procedure under which a non-member objecting to alleged expenditures above described may obtain an objective disposition of any such complaints by providing internal Union proceedings from which an objector may appeal to final and impartial arbitration of all controverted issues concerning the existence and/or propriety of expenditures included in the proportionate share payments.</p>
</section>
</article>
<article id='B3'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE III </span>FUNCTIONING DISTRICTS</h2>
<section id='B3-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> For organization purposes, the Union shall be divided into <ins>three areas – A, B, and C – and into Functioning Districts within those areas which are as equal as possible</ins><del>functioning districts</del>.</p>
</section>
<section id='B3-2'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> The general functioning of the districts shall be the responsibility of the Area Vice Presidents under the supervision of the Executive Board.</p>
</section>
<section id='B3-3'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> Each district shall be divided into representative units as provided in Article VI, Section 2<del>b</del> of the Constitution. <del>These district representative units shall include only members of either the high school or the elementary functional groups, except that in schools or units where there are both elementary and high school teachers and the majority of the members of both groups vote to do so, a joint Delegate may be elected. No other Delegate unit shall include members from more than one functional group.</del></p>
</section>
<section id='B3-4'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> Each of the other functional groups composed of regular members shall constitute a city-wide representative unit and shall elect one Delegate for the first twenty regular members, and an additional Associate Delegate shall be elected for every forty regular members thereafter in a particular school.</p>
</section>
<section id='B3-5'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> District <ins>Organizers</ins><del>Supervisors</del></h3>
<ol>
<li>Each district shall be serviced by a District <ins>Organizer</ins><del>Supervisor</del> who shall have served at least two years as a School Delegate or member of the House of Delegates<ins>,</ins> and who shall be appointed from a school within the district<ins>,</ins> to the extent possible.</li>
<li>It shall be the duty of the District <ins>Organizers </ins><del>Supervisors </del> to maintain and increase the Union membership and to see that Delegates are elected and that they function effectively in all of the schools within their respective districts.</li>
<li>The Executive Board shall <ins>establish </ins><del>determine</del> a modest monthly remuneration and expense account for the District <ins>Organizers</ins><del>Supervisors</del>.</li>
</ol>
</section>
</article>
<article id='B4'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE IV </span>NOMINATING PROCEDURES FOR ELECTING <span class='chunk'>UNION OFFICERS,</span> <span class='chunk'>AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS</span> AND <span class='chunk'>ILLINOIS FEDERATION OF TEACHERS</span> <span class='chunk'>CONVENTION DELEGATES</span></h2>
<ins>
<p>Charter Division officers shall be elected by Charter Division members as set forth in Constitution Article XI.</p>
</ins>
<p>The Union shall nominate candidates for its elective offices and for American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers Convention Delegates, as hereinafter provided:</p>
<section id='B4-1'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Nominating Procedures for Electing Union Officers</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<span class='title'>Nominating Petitions –</span> Subject to the limitations set up in the Constitution and By-Laws, any regular Union member meeting the membership requirements set up in Section 1<ins>(</ins>f<ins>)</ins> of this Article may become a candidate for any elective position by filing a petition signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the regular members qualified to vote on the position.
<p>Every signer of a nominating petition must be a regular member in good standing at the time of signing.</p>
<p>All nominating petitions shall be filed with the Financial Secretary not later than March 25 of each election year. The Financial Secretary shall check all such petitions for conformity to the rules of the Union and shall announce the names of the nominees by petition to the regular April meeting of the House.</p>
<p>The petitions shall be kept on file for at least one (1) year<ins> from the date of filing</ins>.</p>
</li>
<li>Any such nominating petitions may contain the name of one nominee or the names of nominees for a slate of candidates for all or any number of Union offices. No member, however, can be a candidate for more than one Union office.</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Petition Forms –</span> All nominating petitions shall be made on forms prescribed by the Executive Board. Any regular member may obtain one or more blank petitions by calling in person and signing a receipt for them. Each petition blank shall carry a serial number, and receipts shall specify the serial numbers of those issued.
<p>No petition shall be valid unless its serial number checks with that on the receipt for the issuance of the blank forms. </p>
</li>
<li>
The House of Delegates shall <del>fix the date of the election as provided in the Constitution and By-Laws and shall also </del> fix the date for filing nominating petitions for Union officers.</li>
<li>
It shall be the duty of the Financial Secretary to publish in the official Union publication a notice of the time within which nominations for candidates for Union offices shall be filed. This notice shall state the offices for which nominations are in order, where nominating petitions forms may be obtained, the number of signatures required for each candidate or slate of candidates, the place where the petition shall be filed, and the date and hour when the time for filing said petitions expires. This notice may also contain a notice of the election or the notice of the election may be contained in a separate publication.</li>
<li>
Qualifications of Candidates – Candidates for President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, and Financial Secretary must be regular members who have been in good standing for three years immediately prior to the date of nomination. Candidates for other Union offices must be regular members who have been in good standing for at least two years immediately prior to the date of nomination.</li>
<li>
Nominations for Functional Vice President and for House of Delegates members of the Retired Members functional group shall be made by petition on a form furnished by the Union signed by 10 members in good standing of the Retired Members group or by action of a meeting attended by at least one percent of the membership of the group. Nominating petitions shall be filed with the Financial Secretary of the Union. Voting shall be by ballot mailed to each member in good standing of the functional group.</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='B4-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Nominating Procedures for Electing American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers Convention Delegates and Alternate Delegates</h3>
<ol>
<li>
Nominations for delegates and alternate delegates to the convention of the American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers shall be by petition.</li>
<li>
Any Union member in good standing may become a candidate for an American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers Convention delegate or alternate delegate by filing a petition signed by not less than two hundred regular members in good standing at the time of signing.
<p>All nominating petitions must be filed with the Financial Secretary not later than March 25 of each election year. The Financial Secretary shall check all such petitions for conformity to the rules of the Union and shall announce the names of the nominees to the regular April meeting of the House. The petitions shall be kept on file for one year <ins>from the date of filing</ins>.</p>
<p>All elected AFT and IFT delegates and alternate delegates shall be elected for terms of three years and may succeed themselves.</p>
</li>
<li>
Any such nominating petitions may contain the name of one nominee or the names of nominees for a slate of candidates.</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Petition Forms –</span> All nominating petitions shall be made on forms prescribed by the Executive Board. Any regular member may obtain one or more blank petitions by calling in person and signing a receipt for them. Each blank petition shall carry a serial number, and receipts shall specify the serial numbers of those issued. No petition shall be valid unless its serial number checks with that on the receipt for the issuance of the blank forms.</li>
<li>
The House of Delegates shall <del>fix the date of the election as provided in the Constitution and By-Laws and shall also </del>fix the date for filing nominations petitions for Union officers.</li>
<li>
It shall be the duty of the Financial Secretary to publish in the official Union publication a notice of the time within which nominations for candidates for American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers convention delegates and alternate delegates shall be filed. This notice shall state the number of American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers convention delegates to which Chicago Teachers Union was entitled during the calendar years preceding each AFT and IFT conventions, the number of convention delegates to which Chicago Teachers Union is expected to be entitled for the following conventions to which delegates and alternate delegates will be elected, where nominating petition forms may be obtained, the number of signatures required for each candidate, and the place where the petitions shall be filed and the date and hour when the time for filing said petitions expires. This notice may also contain a notice of election or the notice of the election may be contained in a separate publication.</li>
<li>
The Financial Secretary shall include in the notice of election a specification of the time and place of the election<del>, and it</del><ins>. The notice</ins> must be reasonably calculated to inform the members of the impending election. The Financial Secretary may combine the notice of election with the notice of nominations provided in Sec. 2<ins>(</ins>f<ins>)</ins> of this article, but in such case the notice must be published to the membership at least 10 days prior to the last date for filing nominating petitions.
</li>
</ol>
</section>
</article>
<article id='B5'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE V </span>ELECTION PROCEDURES</h2>
<section id='B5-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> The election of Union officers, American Federation of Teachers and Illinois Federation of Teachers convention delegates and alternate delegates shall be conducted in accordance with the following procedures:</p>
<ol>
<li><span class='title'>Preparation of Ballots –</span> Promptly after the expiration of the time for filing nominating petitions, the Financial Secretary shall deliver to the chairperson of the Rules-Elections Committee a complete list of candidates for elective officers to be filled at the election.</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Sample Ballots –</span> Not later than May 1 preceding the election, the Financial Office, under the supervision of the Financial Secretary, shall furnish each School Delegate a sufficient number of sample ballots for each regular Union member. The candidates by slates and positions named thereon shall be in parallel columns. An additional column shall be provided for listing all independent candidates by position.
<p>The Financial Office, under the supervision of the Financial Secretary, shall be responsible for the printing and distribution of all sample and official ballots.</p>
</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Official Ballots –</span> The Financial Office, under the supervision of the Financial Secretary, shall assign distribution of a sufficient number of ballots by the company who prints the ballots to all regular members who were in good standing as of April 1 preceding the election.
<p> All members shall vote in their respective schools except those members who receive their individual ballots by mail and vote by mail. The rules for the nomination and election of Union Officers and delegates and alternate delegates to the AFT and IFT conventions approved by the Executive Board and by the House of Delegates prior to the election conducted every three years shall include and list the categories of members who receive their ballots by mail and who vote by mail ballot.</p>
</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Rules for Election –</span> The House of Delegates shall adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of the election which shall be held on the third Friday in the school month of May.
<p>The House of Delegates shall also set up rules for canvassing the ballots and reporting the returns of the election. No candidate or member of the Executive Board shall serve in canvassing the ballots.</p>
<p><ins> In the event that no candidate for a Union office receives a majority of the votes </ins>cast for that office, the Rules-Elections Committee shall conduct a run-off election as soon as practicable<ins>, but in any event soon enough to allow newly-elected officers to assume office as of July 1 of that year</ins>. The run-off ballot shall list those two candidates with the greatest number of votes cast in order of the number of votes received beginning with the higher number.</p>
</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Official Election Report –</span> At the first regular meeting of the House of Delegates after the vote count is completed, the chairperson of the Rules-Elections Committee shall report the results of the election.
<p>The President shall then declare the winning candidates duly elected.</p>
<p>The officers shall assume office as of July 1 next after election.</p>
</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Disposition of Election Materials –</span> The <del>Financial Office, under supervision of the </del>Financial Secretary<del>,</del> shall be responsible for storage and final disposition of election materials<ins>, and shall retain all election materials for no less than one year</ins>.
</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='B5-2'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> The election of Delegates shall be conducted as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>
Each Representative unit during January in election years shall elect by ballot one Delegate <del>for the first twenty regular members in the unit</del> and <del>an </del>additional Associate Delegate<ins>s consistent with Article VI, Sec. 2 of the CTU Constitution</ins><del> for every forty additional regular members in the unit thereafter</del>. The rules approved by the Executive Board shall govern the election(s). These delegates shall assume office as of February 1.
<p>Increases in the unit representation shall be allowed any time the unit satisfies the requirements.</p>
<p>Elections for interim vacancies<ins>, including Associate Delegate positions newly-created by increases in unit representation,</ins> shall be held as they occur and Delegates elected in interim elections shall assume office upon proper notification to the Financial Secretary.</p>
<p>The School Delegates for each representative unit shall be responsible for the election of Delegates for their units. They shall, immediately after the election, deliver to the Union office an accurate report of the election together with the voters’ list and the ballots cast.</p>
<p>The Rules-Elections Committee shall be responsible for the elections of Delegates from special groups. They shall be elected by members of their respective groups. City-wide meetings shall be held for each group for the purpose of nominations. Elections shall be conducted by mail ballots.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</section>
</article>
<article id='B6'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE VI </span>DUTIES OF OFFICERS</h2>
<section id='B6-1'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Duties of Major Officers</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<span class='title'>President –</span> It shall be the duty of the President of the Union to preside over all general meetings, meetings of the House of Delegates, meetings of the Executive Board, meetings of the associate members (and upon request), over other meetings of Union members. He/she shall make such appointments as are required in the Union Constitution, or the By-Laws, by the House of Delegates, or by the Executive Board. In June of each election year, he/she shall cause the Board of Trustees to elect one of its number as chairperson. He/she shall be the chief administrative officer of the Union and shall have the responsibility for general supervision of the functioning of the Union in all of its parts<ins> and divisions</ins>. He/she shall be a member, ex-officio, of all of the delegations of the Union to the labor bodies with which the Union is affiliated and of all Union committees. During major negotiations, he/she shall be accompanied by at least one other officer or member of the Executive Board.<ins> He/she shall decide all questions concerning the interpretation and application of this Constitution, subject to reconsideration by the House of Delegates.</ins>
</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Vice President –</span> The Vice President of the Union shall assume the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President. At the President’s request, the Vice President shall represent him/her at meetings and conferences and must report thereon to the President immediately. The Vice President shall act as chairperson of the Policies Committee.
<p>The Policies Committee shall be composed of the three Area Vice Presidents and all Vice Presidents of the elementary functional group, the high school functional group, all career service functional groups, <ins>the clinicians functional group,</ins> and the retired members’ functional group. The <ins>Policies </ins> Committee shall act on matters referred to it by the President, the Executive Board or the House of Delegates and shall make recommendations on such matters to the Executive Board and the House of Delegates.</p>
</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Recording Secretary –</span> The Recording Secretary shall act as Secretary at general meetings, meetings of the House of Delegates, and of the Executive Board. The Recording Secretary shall keep and shall have sole charge of adequate records of these meetings including attendance at the meetings of the House of Delegates and of the Executive Board. These records shall become a part of the permanent records of the Union. He/she shall report the election of the members of the House of Delegates to the Executive Board and to the House of Delegates. This report to the House shall constitute certificate of membership for newly elected members of the House. He/she shall perform such other duties as are required by the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union.
</li>
<li>
<span class='title'>Financial Secretary –</span> The Financial Secretary shall have sole responsibility for the collection of the annual dues of members and of the issuance of membership cards. He/she shall keep a complete record, by individuals, schools, and groups of the dues status of the Union members. He/she shall have locked files and shall be solely responsible for them. No one else may have access to change membership files except employees so charged with the responsibility who work under the direction of the Financial Secretary or upon written request signed by the President. Such requests shall be kept on file.
<p>The Financial Secretary shall deliver to the treasury of the Union all monies collected by the Financial Office. He/she shall attend all meetings of the Executive Board and of the House of Delegates and shall make reports thereto.</p>
<p>Subject to the direction of the Union, the Financial Secretary shall have sole charge of all monies in its possession. He/she shall pay all authorized bills against the Union. If a bill is paid by check, it must bear the signature of two of the following persons: President, Financial Secretary, <ins>or a </ins><del>and </del>bonded, insured office employee assigned to the duty under the Financial Secretary’s direction. In the case of inability of both the President and the Financial Secretary, another major officer may sign checks.</p>
<p><del>The Financial Secretary of the Union shall attend all meetings of the Executive Board and of the House of Delegates</del>. He/she shall present to each regular meeting of the House a report on Union finances for the period since the last report. Each year, the Financial Secretary shall furnish an audited report of the Union which shall be printed in the Union’s publication.</p>
<p>At the meeting of the Board of Trustees <ins>or </ins><del>and </del> upon request of the Trustees, the Financial Secretary shall provide the Trustees with the following:</p>
<ol>
<li>an updated statement of income and expenditures, including in the latter a list of accounts to which the expenses were charged;</li>
<li>an updated statement of monies deposited in savings and investment accounts in the name of the Union.</li>
</ol>
<p>The Financial Secretary shall, upon written request by the Board of Trustees, allow the Board of Trustees, either singly or as an assembled body, to examine all financial records of the Union.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='B6-2'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Board of Trustees</h3>
<p> Under the supervision of the Executive Board, the duties of the Board of Trustees shall be:</p>
<ol>
<li>to procure each year, a reliable and adequate audit of the finances of the Union for the preceding fiscal year ending June 30, and to deliver a copy of said audit to other major officers and to announce to the membership of the Union that said report may be inspected in the Union office by any member;</li>
<li>to cause to be made at an appropriate time during fiscal year an itemized inventory of all physical properties of the Union. At least one copy of the inventory shall be provided for the President and for the Financial Secretary, and one shall be kept on file by the Board of Trustees;</li>
<li>to secure the necessary bonding of Union officers and of Union employees, and to see that the officers have procured all necessary insurance on Union property;</li>
<li>to examine and make appropriate recommendations regarding the payment of all Union financial obligations that are not provided for specifically by the Executive Board, by contract, or by the annual budget;</li>
<li>to exercise general supervision over the maintenance of all Union properties and of all property leased by the Union;</li>
<li>to see that public laws are complied within the operation of the Union and in the maintenance of its offices;</li>
<li>to prepare annually a budget for each fiscal year which shall be from July 1 through June 30. The budget is to be presented to the Executive Board not later than April. The Executive Board shall submit the proposed budget, together with its recommendations, to the May meeting of the House of Delegates. No budget shall be in force until it has been passed by the House;</li>
<li>the Union budget shall provide a contingent fund for the Executive Board to meet emergency expenses in Union service;</li>
<li>all official acts of the Trustees shall be reported to the Executive Board by the chairperson of the Trustees.</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='B6-3'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> Area Vice Presidents</h3>
<p>Under the supervision of the Executive Board the duties of the Area Vice Presidents shall be:</p>
<ol>
<li>to maintain and increase the membership of the Union;</li>
<li>to select, change when necessary, and direct the activities of the District <ins>Organizers </ins><del>Supervisors </del>with the advice and consent of the Executive Board;</li>
<li>to direct the election of School Delegates and members of the House of Delegates through the District <ins>Organizers </ins><del>Supervisors </del>;</li>
<li>to record and report to the Recording Secretary the attendance of Delegates at meetings of the House of Delegates and to provide for the election of new Delegates where vacancies occur;</li>
<li>to record and report to the Financial Secretary the attendance at the House of Delegates meetings;</li>
<li>to assist the District <ins>Organizers </ins><del>Supervisors </del>in arranging for and conducting meetings of the Union that may be called in the various districts;</li>
<li>to promote among the members better understanding of the established policies, objectives, programs and functions of the Union.</li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id='B6-4'>
<h3><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> Functional Vice Presidents</h3>
<ol>
<li>The Vice Presidents of each functional group with more than one Vice President shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from the respective functional group to serve for a period of two years. The chairperson shall promote and organize the operation of the functional unit and make periodic reports to the Executive Board during their term of office.</li>
<li>Functional Vice Presidents shall serve as active members of the Professional Problems Committee and it shall be the duty of each Functional Vice President to aid the Professional Problems Committee in assembling, organizing and selecting collective bargaining proposals for the forthcoming agreement with the Board of Education.</li>
<li>It shall be the duty of the Vice Presidents of each functional group to call general meetings of the functional group at least once a year. It shall be the duty of each Functional Vice President to attend and promote such meetings.</li>
<li>Functional Vice Presidents shall serve on strike committees (temporary or permanent) and shall <ins>undertake </ins><del>accept </del>responsibility for organizational tasks in connection with their respective functional units.</li>
</ol>
</section>
</article>
<article id='B7'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE VII </span>EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE</h2>
<section id='B7-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> The Executive Committee, composed of the President, the Vice President, the Recording Secretary, the Financial Secretary,<del> and</del>the chairperson of the Board of Trustees<ins>; and the Charter Division Chair (non-voting)</ins> shall manage the business and office affairs of the Union and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in the By-Laws. It shall also have the additional powers and duties prescribed to it by the Executive Board or House of Delegates. Nothing in this article shall be construed as a limitation on the powers of the President as Chief Executive Officer of the Union.</p>
</section>
<section id='B7-2'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> The Executive Committee shall meet at least bimonthly and at the call of the President. The Recording Secretary shall keep records of the proceedings and provide a copy of said proceedings to the Trustees within one week.</p>
</section>
<section id='B7-3'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> The Executive Committee shall have the duty of advising the President and other officers of the Union when requested and shall also with the approval of the President and the Executive Board be authorized to perform the following management functions:</p>
<ol>
<li>procure <ins>office space </ins><del>quarter </del>for the Union Officers and provide for necessary maintenance;</li>
<li>office supplies, furniture and equipment and furnish the Board of Trustees with an inventory thereof annually;</li>
<li>negotiate with Unions of employees of the Chicago Teachers Union and, in its discretion, enter into agreements with such Unions; procure all needed employees and, in its discretion, enter into written contracts with these employees;</li>
<li>employ administrative assistants in its judgment necessary to carry on the business affairs of the Union, process grievances and perform other duties made necessary under any collective bargaining contracts to which the Union is a party;</li>
<li>employ a general office manager who shall be in charge of all office operations and who shall be under the direction of the President;</li>
<li>procure such insurance as may be necessary in its judgment or the judgment of the Board of Trustees to protect against hazards to Union property and other liabilities, and to procure and keep in force such fidelity bonds for employees as may be required by the Board of Trustees, and in addition as it may deem necessary;</li>
<li>provide for the general management and control of <ins>the Chicago Teachers Union Foundation in accordance with the Foundation’s governing documents;</ins><del>the John M. Fewkes Tower, act as officers and Board of Directors of the Chicago Teachers Union Tower Corporation, and to activate and use facilities, and channels to promote the welfare and financial success of that project;</del></li>
<li>exercise control and management of all Union property and provide for the maintenance thereof, and to maintain close relations with the Board of Trustees in the performance of the duties delegated to the latter by the Constitution<del> and By-Laws</del>;</li>
<li>make reports of specific matters to the Executive Board when requested to do so by the Executive Board or House of Delegates.</li>
</ol>
</section>
</article>
<article id='B8'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE VIII </span>DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD</h2>
<section id='B8-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> The Executive Board shall be directly responsible to the House of Delegates, and shall report thereto all of the official acts of the Board, together with such recommendations as it may deem desirable.</p>
</section>
<section id='B8-2'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> The Executive Board shall cause the legislative acts of the House of Delegates to function.</p>
</section>
<section id='B8-3'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> The Executive Board shall advise and direct the officers of the Union.</p>
</section>
<section id='B8-4'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> In emergencies, the Executive Board may take action which would, in the absence of emergency, be first authorized by the House of Delegates, but such action, with the reasons therefore, shall be reported by the Board to said House at the earliest opportunity.</p>
</section>
<section id='B8-5'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> The Executive Board shall fill all vacancies in the offices of President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, <del>Treasurer,</del> Trustees, and Area Vice Presidents until the next regular election<del>,</del><ins>. Any such appointment shall be </ins>subject to the approval of the House of Delegates<ins> at its next regularly-scheduled meeting or at a meeting of the House of Delegates called for that purpose</ins>.</p>
</section>
<section id='B8-6'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 6:</span> The Executive Board may set up and discharge necessary committees to function in the interest of the Union.</p>
</section>
<section id='B8-7'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 7:</span> The Executive Board shall present for approval by the June meeting of the House of Delegates its selection of delegates to the Illinois Federation of Labor Convention.</p>
</section>
<ins>
<section id='B8-8'>
<p>Sec. 8: The Executive Board shall perform such duties for the Chicago Teachers Union Foundation as set forth in the Foundation’s governing documents.</p>
</section>
</ins>
</article>
<article id='B9'>
<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE IX </span>DUTIES OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES</h2>
<section id='B9-1'>
<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> <del>Under </del><ins>Subject to </ins> the Union membership itself<del>, </del><ins> and any exceptions specifically set forth in this Constitution and Bylaws,</ins> the decisions of the House of Delegates on Union matters shall be supreme and final. The House may consider and act upon any matter which it regards as pertinent to the purposes and activities of this Union.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> At each regular meeting of the House of Delegates, it shall hear and, at its discretion, act upon reports from officers of the Union, from the Executive Board, from Union committees, from Delegates, and from any other sources whose presentation is duly authorized. It shall also hear and may act upon pertinent matters brought before it in due order by any of its members.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> The House of Delegates shall fill vacancies occurring in existing or newly created elective offices, except those that, according to the <ins>Constitution</ins><del>By-Laws</del>, are filled by action of the Executive Board, and also except vacancies occurring in the office of Functional Vice President which shall be filled by action of a meeting of House of Delegates members of the respective functional group. Officers so elected shall serve until the next regular election.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> The House of Delegates shall authorize the employment of Administrative Assistants, Directors, Field Representative, office employees, and other personnel as deemed appropriate by the major officers for the Union, and accept a contract on behalf of the Union with said Administrative Assistants, Directors, Field Representatives, office employees, and other personnel. Such contracts shall be signed by the President of the Union and by the Recording Secretary, but no such contract shall be valid unless confirmed by the House of Delegates through its approval of expenditures in the Union’s annual budget. In the case of multi-year contracts, the House of Delegates shall authorize the officer to enter into said contracts, which shall be binding on the Union.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> The House of Delegates may set up such committees as it deems necessary.</p>
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<p>Sec. 6: Upon petition from the local school to the Rules-Elections Committee, a member who is absent from three consecutive meetings of the House, without adequate excuse made to the Financial Secretary, shall be considered to have vacated his/her position, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in Article VI, Sec. 3, and Article X, Sec. 7, of these By-Laws.</p>
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<p>Sec. <ins>6</ins><del>7</del>: The House of Delegates shall use the following procedures to suspend a strike and recommend acceptance or rejection of a proposed tentative Union-Board contract:</p>
<ol>
<li>The House of Delegates shall have the authority to suspend a strike;</li>
<li>Within 10 school days after such postponement, the <ins>affected </ins> membership shall vote in a secret ballot referendum on acceptance (or rejection) of the tentative agreement. If the membership accepts the proposed tentative agreement, the strike shall be automatically ended;</li>
<li>If the membership rejects the proposed tentative agreement, a special meeting of the House of Delegates shall be convened within five days of the referendum vote to set a date for the resumption of the strike.</li>
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<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE X </span>DUTIES OF SCHOOL DELEGATES</h2>
<ins><p>School Delegates shall have the following duties, where applicable: </p></ins>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> to <ins>conduct elections for and </ins>serve as a chairperson of the School Professional Problems Committee;</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> to secure and retain in Union membership every person in his/her school who is eligible;</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> to keep an accurate record, on a form prescribed by the Executive Board, of the dues status of every member of his/her school;</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> to transmit all Union monies collected by him/her to the Financial Secretary;</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> to distribute to Union members or to all the teachers in his/her school material sent to him/her for that purpose by competent Union authority. The School Delegate may not distribute material not so authorized, except in the line of service to the Chicago Board of Education;</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 6:</span> to cooperate to the extent possible in the distribution of all bona fide campaign literature from official CTU slates and candidates for CTU Officers, and American Federation of Teachers delegates;</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 7:</span> to cooperate to the extent possible in setting up candidates’ meetings at his/her school if requested by a candidate or slate;</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 8:</span> to conduct, in cooperation with other Delegates in the representative unit, the election of its members to the House of Delegates;</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 9:</span> to attend all Union meetings of which he/she is a constituent, and to give a fair report of same to the Union members in the school.</p>
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<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE XI </span>FUNCTIONS OF COMMITTEES</h2>
<h3>GENERAL</h3>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> The chairpersons of all standing committees, after informing the President, shall report all actions of the committees to the Executive Board. <ins>Each committee will maintain a short summary of the committee’s recent work to be available along with meeting notes on the member secure section of the website.</ins> The Executive Board may at its discretion, recommend the committee action to the House of Delegates for final approval or rejection.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> Any standing committee may, on its own initiative, make recommendations to the Executive Board on any matter in its field.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> After due consideration by the Executive Board, items shall be assigned to the proper committee by the President.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> Any standing committee may set up sub-committees for specified purposes. The chairperson of every sub-committee must be a member of the main committee, but the other members of a sub-committee may or may not be members of the main committee, though they must be members of the Union.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> Any Union standing committee, through Executive Board or House action, may cooperate and confer with any other Union committee.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 6:</span> Any member or group of members, by invitation of the chairperson, may appear before any committee to which a matter of special interest to that member or group of members has been referred.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 7:</span> The standing committees of the Union shall be: Education, School Finance and Taxation, Legislative, Membership, <ins>New Organizing,</ins> Policies, Political Action, Public Relations and Communications, Professional Problems, Social, Rules-Elections, Pension and Insurance, Practical Arts and Vocational Education, Human Rights, Women’s Rights and Welfare.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 8:</span> The chairperson and members of each standing committee shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Executive Board. The chairperson and members of the standing committees shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years no later than May 15<sup>th</sup> or within two months of any vacancy.</p>
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<p><span class="num">Sec. 9:</span> The Executive Board will maintain a short document that outlines norms, values, and best practices of committees and their work in order to support member engagement to the greatest extent possible.</p>
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<h2><span class="num">ARTICLE XII </span>STANDING COMMITTEEES</h2>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 1:</span> Education Committee</h3>
<p>The <ins>duties</ins><del>field</del> of the Education Committee shall be the following: educational trends, school curricula, courses of study, classroom procedures, school organization, qualification requirements for teachers, methods of school and teacher rating, learning and rating standards of pupils, college entrance requirements, pupil and teacher discipline. All Union matters within that field shall be referred to this committee.</p>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 2:</span> School Finance and Taxation Committee</h3>
<p>The duties of the committee on School Finance and Taxation shall be:</p>
<ol>
<li>to keep up-to-date with all available information on the finances of the Chicago public schools, and to report on them from time to time to the House of Delegates and to the Executive Board;</li>
<li>to study and make reports on taxation and revenue for support of the public schools.</li>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 3:</span> Legislative Committee</h3>
<p>The Legislative Committee shall keep up-to-date with information on actual and proposed legislation, federal, state and local, which concerns the Chicago public schools, and report on it to the House of Delegates and to the Executive Board. The committee may also recommend initiation of legislation. The committee shall work with the Political Action Committee to accomplish the legislative goals of Chicago Teachers Union.</p>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 4:</span> Membership Committee</h3>
<p><ins>The Membership Committee shall consist of the Financial Secretary, the three Area Vice Presidents, and the District Organizers. </ins>The duties of the Membership Committee shall be:</p>
<ol>
<li>to set up, coordinate and supervise membership committees in each district and to cooperate with their efforts in all practicable ways;</li>
<li>to conduct intensive membership campaigns each year;</li>
<li>to restate the boundaries of the representative units within each district during election years, if necessary, using membership figures as of November 1;</li>
<li>to report to the December meeting of the House of Delegates prior to the triennial election of Delegates any recommendations for changes in representative units in all districts, based on changes in the Union membership.</li>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 5:</span> Public Relations and Communications Committee</h3>
<p>The duties of the Public Relations and Communications Committee shall be:</p>
<ol>
<li>to develop prototypes for membership brochures and public relations campaigns;</li>
<li>to work with the Recording Secretary, the Union’s chief communications person, and the Editor on publicity campaigns;</li>
<li>to cooperate with the Membership Committee in the issuance of membership material;</li>
<li>to cooperate with all Union committees in publicizing their activities;</li>
<li>to accumulate and maintain for the Union a reference library on matters of Union interest and service;</li>
<li>to develop and update a listing of articles, cross-referenced by subjects, appearing in the regular Union publication.</li>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 6:</span> Professional Problems Committee</h3>
<p>The duties of the Professional Problems Committee shall be:</p>
<ol>
<li>to develop a list of collective bargaining proposals for each school year;</li>
<li>to recommend strategy and procedure for the accomplishment of the Chicago Teachers Union’s collective bargaining goals;</li>
<li>collective bargaining proposals shall include wages, hours, working conditions and all professional aspects of the employment of teachers and other educational personnel.</li>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 7:</span> Social Committee</h3>
<p>The field of the Social Committee shall be general responsibility for the social activities of the Union.</p>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 8:</span> Rules-Elections Committee</h3>
<p>The Rules-Elections Committee shall have for its function:</p>
<ol>
<li>the keeping of the various rules of the Union properly codified and up-to-date;</li>
<li>the supervision of the biennial elections and any other elections or referenda referred to it.</li>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 9:</span> Pension and Insurance Committee</h3>
<p>The duties of the Pension and Insurance Committee shall be:</p>
<ol>
<li>to study current trends in pension and retirement plans which concern Chicago teachers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel and report on them with recommendations to the Executive Board and to the House of Delegates.</li>
<li>to develop a pension legislative program each year and to recommend same to the Executive Board and House of Delegates for their approval.</li>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 10:</span> Practical Arts and Vocational Education Committee</h3>
<p>The duties of the Practical Arts and Vocational Education Committee shall be:</p>
<ol>
<li>to study curriculum and current trends <ins>in Career and Technical Education</ins>;</li>
<li>to make recommendations for improving all phases of Practical Arts and Vocational Education to the Executive Board and to the House of Delegates.</li>
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<h3><span class="num">Sec. 11:</span> Human Rights Committee </h3>
<p>The Human Rights Committee shall study and make recommendations to the Executive Board and to the House of Delegates in the area of human rights relating to teachers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel, and pupils.</p>
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