Bylaws are the skeletal structure that dictates how your unit runs. Keeping them up to date helps your unit run efficiently!

NATIONAL PTA DUES INCREASE - EFFECTIVE 7/1/2025

Effective July 1, 2025, the per capita charged for National PTA dues will increase by $1.00 from $2.25 to $3.25. Every PTA must implement the National PTA dues increase. This means that the per capita amount that your unit will forward through channels will increase by $1.00 for every membership on July 1, 2025 regardless of whether your unit voted to change their dues or not. This was voted in at the 2024 National PTA Convention with the information communicated to units throughout the 2024-2025 school year. 

Before the end of the school/fiscal year 2024-2025, your association needs to be informed of the National PTA dues increase, dues increase implementation options, and must vote for the implementation method. As an executive board, consider your alternatives and make a recommendation to your association:

- Increase your dues by $1.00 in conjunction with the National PTA dues increase effective July 1, 2025
- Absorb the additional $1.00 charged by National PTA (do not increase your dues)
- Increase dues more than $1.00 and/or make additional changes to bylaws

Make changes to your bylaws to reflect National PTA’s dues increase effective July 1, 2025. Because the dues increase is coming from National PTA, you do not need to submit a bylaws update through channels or have association approval to make these changes, provided you are not increasing dues more than $1.00. Simply write these changes into your bylaws effective July 1, 2025.

If you change your dues, you’ll need to update your membership materials and Totem, if used.

If your unit did not update the bylaws prior to the increase, your unit does absorb the $1 difference until your bylaws are adjusted and approved through all of the standard channels - more info can be found here regarding the dues increase: CAPTA PTA National Dues Increase

How to Update Your Bylaws

Bylaws should be reviewed annually and updated no more than every 5 years for units. Units wanting to change or amend their bylaws must adopt proposed changes with the Executive Board and then submit bylaws through channels for approval through the LEPTA Parliamentarian, who then sends it up through 23rd District, then California State PTA. Once bylaws are processed by CAPTA and sent back down - with no errors/changes this can take 6-8 weeks - the general association must have 30 days notice of the changes before adopting the changes at a General Association meeting. Once they are adopted, the president and secretary sign off, the changes are legal and considered complete.

While LEPTSA does not have an a parliamentarian, requests can go through leadership@leptsa.org for processing.

Additional guidance on standing rules and bylaws can be found on 23rd District's website for bylaw support. Bylaws must come through Lake Elsinore PTSA Council first for submission. 

CAPTA Bylaw Instructions for Updating - Submittal Form Cover Sheet (required) - Fillable Template for Bylaws (required)

The following must be included in the email submittal: 

✅ Completed District Submittal Cover sheet (See above).

✅ Unit or Council officer email contact information

✅ Street address for bylaws return.

✅ List of all bylaws and/or Standing Rule changes
✅ All pages of the bylaws (including all Standing Rules) in template form