PROPOSED AMENDMENT

WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Constitution

Amended by the Delegate Assembly
August 15, 2005

Article I ~ Name

The name of this organization shall be the WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.  This organization declares its relation to the Association for Career and Technical Education as an affiliated state Association.

Article II ~ Object

The object of the Washington Association for Career and Technical Education shall be to promote and improve the cause of Career and Technical Education to the state of Washington and to render service to its members; to pledge active assistance and support in promoting the program outlined by the Association for Career and Technical Education in the fulfillment of purpose and objectives.

Article III ~ Members

A.    To be eligible for membership in the Washington Association for Career and Technical Education, a person shall be engaged or interested in Career and Technical Education work of a professional nature and/or hold a Career and Technical Education teaching certificate.

B.    All members shall have the right to vote and hold office in the Washington Association for Career and Technical Education or in any section.

Article IV ~ Affiliated Sections

A.    A Section shall consist of a group of seventy-five (75) members of the Washington Association for Career and Technical Education engaged in a specific instructional or service area of Career and Technical Education.

B.    Sections now recognized as affiliates are: WAVA-An Association of Career and Technical Education Administrators (WAVA-ACTEA) [(1) Secondary Administrator representing Secondary Administration and (1) Postsecondary Administrator representing Postsecondary Administration], Washington Association of Agricultural Educators (WAAE), Washington State Business Education Association (WSBEA), Washington Association of Diversified Occupations Teachers (WADOT), Family and Consumer Sciences Educators (FACSE), Career Guidance and Counseling Association (CGCA), Washington Association of Marketing Educators (WAME), Washington Industrial Technology Education Association (WITEA), and Washington Technology & Industry Education Association (T&I) Washington Association for Skilled and Technical Sciences (WASTS).

Article V ~ Officers

The officers of the Washington Association for Career and Technical Education shall be the President, President Elect, and Past President.

Article VI ~ Parliamentary Authority

Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised shall govern the proceedings of the Washington Association for Career and Technical Education.

Article VII ~ Amendment

This Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting of the Delegate Assembly by a 3/4 vote, provided that the text of the proposed amendments shall have been sent to all the membership at least six (6) weeks prior to the annual meeting of the Delegate Assembly of the WA-ACTE.