Special Education And PTA Special Education and PTA SEPTA Q A Q What is a SEPTA? A SEPTA stands for Special Education Parent Teacher Association. and overseas. In connecticut, all ptas are also affiliates of connecticut PTA, which has parent teacher organizations (usually called ptos) are solely schoolbased and do http://www.future-horizons.org/special_education_and_pta.htm
Extractions: Q: What is a SEPTA? A: SEPTA stands for S pecial E ducation P arent T eacher A ssociation. National PTA first introduced the concept of SEPTA in 1996 to address the unique needs of parents of children with special needs. Q: How many SEPTAs are there in Connecticut? A: Presently there are eleven SEPTAs in Connecticut: Bristol SEPTA, Colchester SEPTA, East Hartford SEPTA, Fairfield SEPTA, Farmington SEPTA, Rose SEPTA in Ridgefield, Watertown-Oakville SEPTA, West Hartford SEPTA, Angel Network SEPTA in Weston, Westport SEPTA and Windsor SEPTA. All but three of these SEPTAs started up within the last two years. Its likely that several new SEPTAs will form in other Connecticut communities during the 2002-2003 school year. Q: Whats the difference between a SEPTA and a regular PTA? A: In many ways, SEPTAs are just like any other PTA. Every SEPTA has bylaws and a board of directors, including a President, Secretary and Treasurer. Like all PTAs, SEPTAs report their membership to Connecticut PTA and submit the same dues. And like all PTAs everywhere, SEPTAs exist to improve the welfare of children.
New Hampshire (NH) Conservation And Preservation Organizations to NH Amateur Radio Clubs Wireless Societies. Claremont connecticut Valley FM Association and Preservation Resources ptas, ptos, PTSOs, Etc. Professional Business http://www.directorynh.com/NHAssociations-Organizations/NHConservation.html
Multistate Tax Commission Results - State: CONNECTICUT School Groups (eg, clubs, bands, teams) *. ptas - *. ptos - *. Other parentgroups - * and **. N/A connecticut does not have a local sales tax. http://www.fundraisetaxlaw.org/co.html
Extractions: If your State exempts fundraising sales by certain groups from sales or use taxes, please indicate which of the following are exempt in your State. Public Schools (K-12) - Private Schools (K-12) - School Groups (e.g., clubs, bands, teams) - PTAs - PTOs - Other parent groups - * and ** Church Groups - Youth Sports League - 501 (c)(3) organizations - 501 (c)(6) organizations - Other (specify:) 501 (c)(13) organizations - N/A Connecticut does not have a local sales tax. 1b Please set forth any comments including a list of groups not listed above whose fundraising activities are exempt from sales and use taxation in your State. *Sales of items for $20.00 or less by accredited elementary and secondary schools or eleemdsynary organizations formed to sponsor and support youth activities are exempt. Conn Gen Stat § 12-412(26). See also
Publications overuse the highly motivated parents who participate in ptas, ptos, and school TheGeorge Washington University Suite 505 1350 connecticut Avenue, NW Washington http://www.healthinschools.org/pubs/access/Summer95.asp
Extractions: Summer 95 Inside this Issue School-Based Health Care Assembly Breaks New Ground M ore than 500 people from around the country gathered June 23-25 to establish a national movement to support improved health services for children through school-based health care. The conferenceappropriately titled Breaking New Ground! brought together school-based health care providers, researchers, and advocates for three days of activities in Washington, DC. "This is clearly a historic occasion," said Joy Dryfoos, a long-time leader of school-based health care. "For the first time, the entire school-based health care movement is building a strong organization with the capacity for advocacy, networking, and sharing resources." If the crowd's size and enthusiasm were any indication, the effort promises to be a major success. Conference organizers expected a turnout of 350 people, but they significantly underestimated the desire for this meeting. More than 500 attendees from 42 states and the District of Columbia flocked to Washington for the occasion. Half of the participants were people who work on the front lines of school-based health care250 health center staff and community organizers. The other half reflected interest from all quarters, including educators; health care institutions; private funders; community organizations; and local, state, and federal governments.
Connecticut Parent-Teacher Organizations linked to the connecticut PTA and the national PTA, which are child advocacy networks.A district schools may have some schools with ptos and some with ptas. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2001/rpt/olr/htm/2001-r-0912.htm
Extractions: December 7, 2001 2001-R-0912 CONNECTICUT PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS By: Jennifer Gelb, Research Attorney You asked (1) if Connecticut law recognizes parent-teacher organizations (PTO), (2) if so, whether it specifies their formation procedure, and (3) if Connecticut provides any protection for PTO directors, officers, or members against civil liability. PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS Connecticut references parent-teacher organizations and parent-teacher associations interchangeably in its statutes, but they are actually very different. PTOs are school-based, and PTO decisions affect the students, parents, teachers, and staff of an individual school. Parent-teacher associations (PTA), by contrast, are not only part of an individual school, but are linked to the Connecticut PTA and the national PTA, which are child advocacy networks. A district schools may have some schools with PTOs and some with PTAs. The statutes mention PTOs and PTAs only in passing, and neither define them nor specify a manner for their creation. LIABILITY JG:ts TOP
HereComestheBus School Bus Tracking Service Schools Contractors. ptas ptos. Rider Notification (Parents) He received his bachelors degree from the University of connecticut and an MBA from the Darden School of Business http://www.herecomesthebus.com/company.html
Extractions: Joe Winkler is President and co-founder of Everyday Wireless. He received a BS in Engineering from Harvard University and an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Prior to co-founding Everyday Wireless, he led Highgate Orthopedics, a venture capital-backed orthopedic company. Before Highgate, he was an Engineering Leader at Arrow International, a medical device manufacturer. He holds two patents and has three more pending. He has extensive experience in product development and is actively managing the company. Ed Uebele is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Everyday Wireless. He received a BS in Business Administration from Wake Forest University and an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Ed has over 18 years of consumer products marketing experience. Prior to joining Everyday Wireless, Ed held various general management and marketing positions with the H.J. Heinz Company including General Manager Treat Business Unit, General Manager Latin American Pet Food Operations and General Manager Business Development.
SUT Exemptions On Elymosynary Question 1 Does each school in a connecticut municipalitys public school systemreceive the benefit of the five one Answer ptas and ptos are separate http://www.drs.state.ct.us/pubs/PS's/2002/ps02-3.html
New Hampshire (NH) Radio Clubs And Wireless Societies Claremont connecticut Valley FM Association Derry - Interstate Repeater Society NationalConservation and Preservation Resources ptas, ptos, PTSOs, Etc. http://www.directorynh.com/NHAssociations-Organizations/NHRadioClubs.html
Extractions: Volume 2, Issue 1 August/September, 2000 Two parent group leaders recount their very different first-year PTA experiences. Patti White and her fellow parent leaders at the Cherry Brook School in Collinsville, Connecticut, thought theyd done everything right. They filled in all the requisite paperwork, they paid their dues ($732), and they waited for the benefits to start arriving. And they waited and they waited and they called for answers and they waited and they e-mailed for answers and they waited . According to White, the real attraction in joining the PTA was the resources that were mentioned so prominently in the initial meeting. We felt that there was going to be this wonderful well of resources to draw on, recalls White. The PTA recruiter talked about bus safety kits and fire safety kits and a monthly magazine and information on speakers for our school. She really sold us that the PTA was going to come out and train our board members and everything. There was also a lot of talk about insurance benefits. It sounded great. And yet, as the 1999-2000 school year began, White looked for the benefits and couldnt find them.
PTO Vs. PTA : August/September 2000 (upd. Aug '02) | PTO Today The average connecticut PTA unit sends more than $900 in dues to the national andstate ptas. But, no matter what the numbers, ptos and ptas are more alike http://www.ptotoday.com/0800ptopta2.html
Extractions: RECEIVE EMAIL UPDATES: SEARCH PTO TODAY: By Tim Sullivan It was perhaps the loudest reaction on the first day of the 2000 national PTA convention in Chicago. Illinois Superintendent of Schools Dr. Glenn McGee remembered a day earlier in his career when he made the mistake of referring to parent groups as PTOs. Almost on cue, the crowd of 1,500 or so PTAers roared their disapproval. Loud boos echoed through the cavernous meeting hall. He may as well have said that he hated the Cubs, the White Sox, the Bulls, and the Bears. Why the strong emotions? Are PTOs hurting kids or doing something wrong? While no PTA defenders go that far, there is a subtle but undeniable implication that those groups that arent part of the PTA are in some way choosing to abandon the cause of children. For some groups, the PTO vs. PTA debate is simply a matter of dollars and cents (either we dont want to send any money out of our school or are we getting enough service for the money we send out of our school?). For others, though, the debate takes on a significantly increased importance. If we dont speak for all children, then who will? the PTAs most loyal defenders often ask. Independence vs. Affiliation
Fundraising Special Events / Shows / Fairs Etc. Fundraisers Waterbury, connecticut Hypnopros We guarantee youll have Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaOperation Bookworm - ptas/ptos can offer Operation Bookworm books as http://fundraiser-finder.com/fundraising-cat/special-events.php
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08-01-00: Share Your Success Stories One big difference between ptas and ptos is the sharing I know you do these things.You have told me or another connecticut PTA board member all about it. http://www.ctpta.org/news/announcements/an-2000-08-01.html
Extractions: AUGUST 1, 2000 By Deborah Walsh, CT PTA President Share. The word is on my top ten list of "Words Too Often Used"right up there with "paradigm" and "fat-free." Wives ask husbands to "Share your feelings about my mother;" teachers ask students to "share what was so funny with the rest of the class," and Jerry Springer asks guests to "share their most outrageous sexual fantasies" with the studio audience. I think way too many things have been shared with me. Remember when the word "sharing" didnt make you grit your teeth? When the word was unselfish and unthreatening? When Mom said, "Share the Halloween candy with your brother who was too sick to go trick-or-treating," she meant give some of what you have to someone else who doesnt have some, no strings attached. And, be honest now, when you got over the loss of your Peanut Butter Cups and Twizzlers, you felt good knowing you did something nice for someone else, didnt you? I am going to give you a chance to feel good and - you guessed - share. Not candy, and certainly not feelings or outrageous sexual experiences. I ask you to share
The PTA Goes Kaput Given the way ptas are governed, it is virtually impossible But members of ptos havefound they can work through K. Haar, PMB 294, 4401A connecticut Ave.,NW http://www.educationpolicy.org/files/PTAkaput.htm
Extractions: by Charlene K. Haar, EPI President This year, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, commonly known as the PTA, is celebrating its centennial. But the national PTA has little to cheer about. Fewer than a quarter of America's public schools have active PTA chapters, and officially, PTA membership has fallen from a peak of 12 million in 1966 to 6.5 million today. PTA leaders offer many reasons why their rolls are declining. But they have done little to address the PTA's gravest problemits subservience to the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Throughout its history, the PTA has supported higher salaries and better working conditions for teachers. But in 1968, the teacher members of the PTA threatened to withdraw membership and boycott the PTA if the PTAs supported school boards in teacher strikes. Thereupon, the PTA rolled over and adopted a position of "neutrality" on teacher strikes as well as the issues negotiated in union contracts, such as class size, the annual number of parent-teacher conferences, and how parental grievances are resolved. "Neutrality" on these important issues is a big setback for parents: When school boards sacrifice parent interests to teacher interests, as often happens, the PTA does not object. As millions of parents dropped out of the PTA, those who remained tended to be pro-union or unaware of the PTA's pro-union positions. And so the PTA has gradually evolved into a front for the teachers' unions. Consider these recent issues:
Beyond Bake Sales the causes of academic deficiencies, the ptas invariably sponsor as PTA literaturepoints out, that ptos do not K. Haar, PMB 294, 4401A connecticut Ave.,NW http://www.educationpolicy.org/files/bakesales.htm
Extractions: by Charlene K. Haar, EPI President Hardly a week goes by without another article encouraging parental involvement in education accompanied by a poll showing the benefits of having parents active in their child's education. Busy parents have long been engaged in volunteer work within classrooms, extra-curricular activities, on school playgrounds, and at home. Today, however, parents who are contributing more time and money feel like they are resources to be tapped rather than major stakeholders in the system. Parents are turning to traditional parent-teacher groups for help. The question is: What kind of help can they expect? The century old National Congress of Parents and Teachers (PTA), has been a long-time proponent of parental involvement. The PTA has local affiliates in slightly over one-fifth of the K-12 schools in the United States. In Florida, about 26 percent of the schools have PTAs. However, all is not well with the PTA. At the PTA's national convention in Kansas City, Missouri, last June, most states reported no membership increases, while many states reported membership losses. Some states, like Indiana, have seen significant dropout rates. In 1994, the Indiana PTA lost 3,384 members and at least 9,000 members quit in 1996. In my opinion, there are several reasons for this decline.
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Extractions: Everybody wins when parents volunteer ! Kevin Walker, the founder of Project Appleseed, a nonprofit organization, is helping schools involve parents. The organization has created a list of 37 different ways parents can help and is on its way to recruiting 5 million parent volunteers nationwide. INCLUDED: The Project Appleseed Parental Involvement Pledge. Parent- and Community-Involvement Strategies That Work The research is clear: When parents and communities are involved in schools, education improves. From New York to California, from an individual student's notebook to community-outreach programs, here are five approaches to parental and community involvement that work! Included: Five successful programs for parent and community involvement plus links to dozens of online resources! Young Authors and Artists Collaborate on Humanitarian Project Parents at a Washington state elementary school organized a Share a Story student enrichment project that promoted the literacy and humanitarian goals of the school. The students shipped more than 1,000 books to schools in the South Pacific. Among the books were 115 the students had written themselves! What they got in return was a lot of satisfaction - and a big surprise!
Bowling With Tocqueville Civic Engagement And Social Capital How many of the schools without ptas in fact have answer because no one collects dataon ptos or other I picked connecticut, the countrys most affluent state http://www.ciaonet.org/conf/aei07/brad_lect01.html
Hunt Primary School In connecticut, national and state dues combined will soon total $4.25 permember. ptos and ptas are more alike than they are different. http://www.myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1872,12692-52123-16-46954,00.html
Fairfield SEPTA Speakers Anita Osburne from the connecticut Department of ptos are unaffiliated parentgroups that function in not have the extensive support system of ptas. http://www.myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1872,10908-195693-12-18557,00.html
