118th Ohio PTA Convention
Ohio PTA President 2023-25
Angela Revay
Welcome to the 118th Ohio PTA All Aboard Convention! I wish to thank each of you for spending your weekend with us to learn how to keep your voices strong for all the children and families in our community! Ohio PTA plans to take you on a journey like no other as we continue our route to advocating for our schools and for public education! There are also opportunities for you to learn how to engage families, how to advocate for our population of students with additional instructional needs, how to maximize your PTA budgets, and how to put best practices in place for keeping the PTA books, branding and how to leave a lasting legacy for your own PTA units and councils!
Be sure to check the convention program for Gold Key workshops and opportunities. Many changes in the state and in the country, have occurred and continue to evolve, since the start of my term as Ohio PTA President, in 2023. Now, more than ever, it is critical that we keep moving forward to protect our students and families and ensure that they receive the fair and equitable public education that our Ohio Constitution entitles them to! The challenges to our PTA mission and to what PTA fights for are coming hard and fast! If we remain focused and engaged with each other as well as with the organizations you will meet this weekend, together we can make an impact and move the needle back to where it belongs! We are excited to have an update from Director Stephen Dackin, of the Ohio Department of Education. We will, again, showcase our Reflections Program student artists during the luncheon on Saturday. 2025 is also an election year for Ohio PTA and we will see our nomination and election process in action during General Session II. We hope that you will join us for the Installation Dinner and festivities to follow, as we celebrate the new leaders that will make up our Ohio PTA Board of Directors for the 2025-2027 term!
For questions, email Marcella McCurdy at office@ohiopta.org or contact the Ohio PTA office at 614.781.6344.
Proposed Ohio PTA Bylaw Amendments
Article 1 – Name
Insert after of Ohio “and a branch of National Congress of Parents and Teachers (National PTA).”
To read: The name of the association is the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. It is also commonly known and will be referred to in these bylaws as the Ohio PTA. The Ohio PTA is a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of Ohio and a branch of National Congress of Parents and Teachers (National PTA).
Article IV: Constituent Association, Section 10
Insert after Local PTAs/PTSAs “or Councils”
To read: Locals PTAs/PTSAs or Councils not in good standing by:
Article VII: Nominations and Elections, Section 2(b)
Strike “6” and replace with “4”
To Read: To consider the qualifications of all candidates proposed by Ohio PTA members or by members of the Nominating Committee submitted no later than 4 months prior to convention in an election year;
Article VII: Nominations and Elections, Section 2(c)
Strike “four” and replace with “3”
To Read: To submit one name for each office to be filled during the election held at the convention in the odd numbered years and announced to the Board of Directors 3 months prior to the annual convention; and
Article VII: Nominations and Elections, Section 4(c)
Strike “2 years as a member of the Board of Directors prior to taking office, except the President-elect who shall have served at least 4 years” and replace with “1 term as a member of the Board of Directors prior to taking office, except the President-elect who shall have served at least 2 years”
To Read: Each candidate to be an officer shall have fulfilled at least 1 term as a member of the Board of Directors prior to taking office, except the President-elect who shall have served at least 2 years on the Board of Directors prior to taking office.
Article XII: Directors and Region Advisors, Section 3
Insert a new c. and reletter: “Serve on the Field Service Committee as described in Article XIV, Section 4(h); and”
To read: Section 3. The Region Advisors shall:
a. Lead the work within their regions;
b. Promote the purposes and goals of the Ohio PTA;
c. Serve on the Field Services Committee as described in Article XIV, Section 4(h);
d. Perform the duties prescribed by these bylaws, standing rules, job descriptions and the parliamentary authority by the Ohio PTA.
