Pursuant to the decision to seek affiliation with the National Education Association made by a duly constitute body of this local organization on 03/15/2026, I, , on behalf of the hereby apply for affiliation with the National Education Association and affirm that the named local is in compliance (by virtue of its governance documents, policies, and practices) with the minimum affiliation standards as set forth in NEA Bylaw 8-7 below.

The Association shall not affiliate a local association, including a dual-national local affiliate, unless it meets the following minimum standards:

1. Each affiliate shall apply the one-person–one-vote principle for representation on its governing bodies except that (i) the affiliate shall take such steps as are legally permissible to achieve ethnic-minority representation at least proportionate to its ethnic-minority membership and (ii) the affiliate may adopt a provision in its governing documents that would permit that local to allocate a minimum of one (1) representative or delegate to members at each work site of a school district or higher education institution within the jurisdiction of the affiliate. Where an all-inclusive affiliate exists, it shall provide proportionate representation between its nonsupervisor members and its supervisor members;
2. The affiliate shall conduct all elections with open nominations and a secret ballot.
3. The affiliate shall require membership in the Association and in its state affiliate where eligible. If an affiliate enrolls education support professionals in any membership category and as a matter of policy seeks to recruit and represent such members, the affiliate (i) shall grant them full rights of participation and (ii) shall require them to be members of the Association and its state affiliate where eligible;
4. The affiliate is comprised predominantly of persons who are eligible for active membership (or the equivalently designated membership category) in the state affiliate, unless the state affiliate by action of its board of directors (or equivalent governing body) approves such affiliation. This requirement shall not apply to any local association that was an affiliate of the Association as of the effective date of this amendment.
5. The affiliate shall be reviewed by the Association to determine compliance with minimum standards for affiliation at least once every five (5) years;
6. The affiliate shall have the same membership year as that of the Association;
7. The affiliate shall guarantee that no member of said affiliate may be censured, suspended, or expelled without a due process hearing, which shall include an appropriate appellate procedure; and
8. The affiliate shall deny membership to an individual while said individual is denied membership in the Association pursuant to Bylaw 2-3.d.

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Terms of Affiliation

Under the terms of NEA Bylaw 6-5, the NEA Executive Committee is granted the power to censure, suspend, or expel affiliates pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution, Bylaws, or other written policy of the NEA. The local further agrees that upon withdrawal or disaffiliation from the NEA, it will relinquish all rights to thereafter use in its name “education association, teachers association, education support association, faculty association” or any equivalent phase.