UNDERSTANDING POSITION
STATEMENTS & RESOLUTIONS
As a membership organization- and the nation's oldest and largest child advocacy organization at that- our advocacy is driven by position statements and resolutions.
A position statement is an official document outlining the will, or intent of the associations to address problems, situations, or concerns that affect children and youth and require action to seek resolution on the issue. National PTA has adopted hundreds of position statements on education, health and safety issues since its first convention in 1897.
National PTA considers resolutions at its annual convention. A convention resolution is brought forward at convention because of its importance, length or complexity. Who can bring forward a resolution? A local, council, district or state PTA.
STATE POSITION
STATEMENTS & RESOLUTIONS
In addition to NPTA position statements, Virginia PTA does extensive work serving the families of Virginia through their advocacy leadership. Learn more about their work on their website.
FCCPTA POSITION STATEMENTS & RESOLUTIONS
FCCCPTA also participates in this process for issues at the local level in Fairfax County. Position Statements are draft by our VP of Advocacy then voted on by the FCCPTA Executive Board.
Coming soon- FCCPTA additional library of position statements and advocacy documents.
In the early(er) days of the pandemic, FCCPTA
releases a call for parents to provide input and receives over 8,000 responses. Here is the 8 page letter written to leadership outlining responses and our follow up action requests.