Bylaws

PARENT TEACHER PARTNERSHIP (PTP) OF ACADEMY 1

209 Bergen Avenue

Jersey City, NJ 07305-1524

Email: Academy1ptp@gmail.com

Apr 29, 2024

Bylaws

of Academy 1 Middle School

Parent-Teacher Partnership (PTP)

Name of Organization

Parent Teacher Partnership of Academy 1 Middle School A NJ Nonprofit

Corporation

Location of Organization

Academy 1 Middle School, 209 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305

Purpose

Parent Teacher Partnership of Academy 1 Middle School builds fellowship

between parents, teachers, staff, and students at Academy 1 Middle School in

Jersey City, NJ.

Membership Requirements

All parents and guardians of students currently attending Academy 1 Middle

School are members of the Parent Teacher Partnership. No dues are required to

join.

List of Officers and Their Duties

President

1. Fundraising

2. Putting together great activities

3. Organizes meetings

a. PTP leadership with school principal

b. PTP leadership

c. General PTP meetings for the school

Vice President

1. Fundraising

2. Putting together great activities

3. Organizes meetings

a. PTP leadership with school principal

b. PTP leadership

c. General PTP meetings for the school

Secretary

1. Fundraising

2. Putting together great activities

3. Keeps meeting minutes

4. Posts Title 1 Parent Meeting Notices to email and social media

5. Sends out emails to Academy 1 parents from the PTP account

6. Updates PTP social media

7. Changes over access to PTP email, Evite account, social media accounts, and

other accounts when new secretary is appointed.

Treasurer

1. Fundraising

2. Putting together great activities

3. Become the contact person for the PTP’s bank account

4. Deposits money from fundraisers

5. Writes/mails checks to Scholastic and other vendors

6. Files paperwork every year with the State of NJ

a. Tax return

b. Annual Report

c. Financial Report

7. Files IRS Form 990

8. Transfers over bank account/passwords to new treasurer when leaving the

position

9. Changes our New Jersey nonprofit’s registered agent by simply filling out a

Change of Agent form and submitting the $25 filing fee online with the New

Jersey Department of the Treasury website.

Meetings and Voting

The executive board of the PTP meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7pm

or as decided by PTP leadership. All members are allowed to vote.

Nominations and Elections

The Nominating Committee is comprised of current PTP leadership. Suggestions

for nominees are accepted from parents or guardians of current Academy 1

Middle School students, current Academy 1 PTP officers. Nominees are allowed to

self-nominate.

The Nominating Committee meets during May and June of the current school year

and presents a list of nominees for PTP leadership for the following year .

Voting is a a simple voice vote for uncontested slates or a majority vote for

contested positions.

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year for Parent Teacher Partnership of Academy 1 Middle School A NJ

Nonprofit Corporation is July 1st – June 30th.

Finances

• No part of net earnings of the organization shall inure to the benefit of any

private shareholder orindividual;

• No substantial part of the activities of the organization is carrying on (political)

propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. Additionally, the

organization does not participate or intervene in (including the publishing or

distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for

public office;

• Upon dissolution of the corporation and after paying or making provision for the

payment of all the liabilities of the corporation, the board of trustees shall dispose

of the remaining assets of the corporation exclusively for one or more exempt

purposes, within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of

1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future (REV: 7/2023) federal tax

code), or shall distribute the same to the federal government, or to a state or local

government for a public purpose. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be

disposed of by order of the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey in the

judicial district where the principal office of the corporation is then located,

exclusively for such purpose or to such organizations organized

and operated exclusively for such purposes as said court shall determine.