Purpose, Policies and Structure

Bylaws govern an organization’s operations and contain the basic rules relating principally to itself as an association.

The National PTA bylaws outline the basic purpose of PTA, lists basic policies of the National PTA association and provides a structure for how the PTA association is set up.

The bylaws also provide information on National PTA committee structure, the annual convention and amendment process.

Current Bylaws

These are the current National PTA Bylaws adopted June 25, 2017:

Proposed Bylaws Amendment

The proposed bylaws amendment and rationale for consideration at the 2019 National PTA Convention & Expo is available:

Proposed Bylaws Amendment (2019)

Questions?

For questions regarding National PTA’s bylaws, please contact bylaws@pta.org.

For questions regarding your state PTA or local PTA bylaws, please contact your state PTA.