Montgomery County Education Association

“The membership of the association consists of non-supervisory, certificated personnel, substitute teachers, and home and hospital teachers.”

“The process on how officers and board members are elected is carried out in accordance to by-laws of the association and is as follows: the credentials and elections committee shall prepare an annual calendar of elections and develop guidelines for the nomination and election of officers, directors, representatives to the local assembly, members of the councils on teaching and learning, msta and nea assemblies, and the general council. Such guidelines shall be presented to the representative assembly for review and adoption no later than november. These guidelines include, but not limited to the following: a. Provisions for open nominations by individual members; b. Provisions for the distribution and the collection of nomination forms; c. Provisions for the publication of nominations in an official publication of the association; d. Provisions for secret ballot election by the membership; e. Provisions for the distribution, collection and tally of the ballots; f. Provision for the election of officers first, then the election of directors; g. Provision that the president, first vice-president, secretary, and treasurer be elected by a majority vote. One half of the director-at-large positions shall be elected each year. The candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to the number of positions being filled.”

“The preliminary annual budget projections prepared by director of operations, executive director, and the board of directors are presented to the association's representative assembly for discussion at the ra may meeting and voted on for final approval at the ra's final meeting of the school year. The right to ratify the contract between mcea and mcps shall be by a vote of the active members.”

“The form 990 will be reviewed by the executive director, director of operations and the president for accuracy. If no changes are needed, the external accounting firm that prepares the form 990 is notified. When the final copy is prepared, the president will sign it and then it is sent directly to the irs.”

“The executive directors salary is adjusted to maintain a 13% differential above the top of the members scale. Negotiated changes in the member's salary schedule are mirrored in the executive directors salary. The executive directors salary remains comparable to that of a high school principal with the montgomery county public schools.”

“Our governing documents, policies, and financial statements are not made available to the general public. However, they are made available to members of our representative assembly for the same period of disclosure as set forth in section 6104(d).”