Bylaws - Article III

ARTICLE III – MEMBERS

Section 1. Duties and Rights of Membership
Members act as a corporate body to promote the purposes of the organization through participation in conferences, educational opportunities, and advocacy efforts of ASBA. A member may participate in all programs sponsored or endorsed by ASBA and expect support in carrying out the duties of school board service.

Section 2. Categories of Membership
Membership in ASBA includes the following categories upon application and payment of appropriate dues.
A. Regular Members. Membership in ASBA may include the school board of any public school district, charter school, or education service cooperative in the state. Membership shall be in the name of the school district and not in the name of individual board members.
B. Associate Members. Any former member of the board of a basic unit of ASBA may become an Associate Member upon written application to the Executive Director and payment of dues. Associate members shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership except the right to vote and to hold elective office.
C. Honorary Life Members. Each past president of the ASBA automatically shall become and remain an Honorary Life Member. The Board of Directors may elect additional Honorary Life Members. An Honorary Life Member shall be considered an Associate Member, but does not pay dues.
D. Corporate Members. Corporate Membership shall be entitled to persons or businesses that derive income in whole or in part through business transactions with public schools, private schools, colleges, universities, or the Arkansas Department of Education. Corporate Members shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of regular membership except the right to vote or hold office.

Section 3. Dues
Membership dues shall be paid annually to ASBA and are not refundable. Membership shall be on an annual basis, July 1 through June 30. Annual dues for the Regular, Associate, and Corporate Members shall be set by the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Regions of ASBA
ASBA is divided into fourteen (14) regions:

Region 1 – Benton, Carroll, Madison & Washington Counties
Region 2 – Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Newton & Searcy Counties
Region 3 – Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph & Sharp Counties
Region 4 – Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Polk, Scott & Sebastian Counties
Region 5 – Conway, Perry, Pope & Yell Counties
Region 6 – Cleburne, Independence, Stone, Van Buren & White Counties
Region 7 – Crittenden, Cross, Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett & Woodruff Counties
Region 8 – Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski & Saline Counties
Region 9 – Arkansas, Lee, Monroe, Phillips & St. Francis Counties
Region 10 – Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery & Pike Counties
Region 11 – Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson & Lincoln Counties
Region 12 – Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada & Sevier Counties
Region 13 – Calhoun, Columbia, Ouachita & Union Counties
Region 14 – Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha & Drew Counties

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ARTICLE III – MEMBERS

ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS

ARTICLE V – DUTIES OF OFFICERS

ARTICLE VI – MEETINGS

ARTICLE VII – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

ARTICLE VIII – COMMITTEES

ARTICLE IX – PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

ARTICLE X – DISSOLUTION/DISPOSITION OF ASSETS

ARTICLE XI – AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS

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