C-1_(op) The budget shall have a contingency fund equal to at least l l/2% of the budget. (B)

C-2_(op) The Martin Luther King Dinner shall be considered a fixed budget item. (B)

C-3_(op) The JCTA Board shall change from modules to fixed budget items the following expenses:

1. legal retainer fee
2. arbitration fees
3. legal services (7/90) (B)

C-4_(op) Any monies left at the end of the fiscal year, after the auditor’s report shall be invested and/or disbursed by the Executive Director and Treasurer according to directive by the JCTA Board.(B)

C-5_(op) All expense accounts shall be paid by voucher only. (C) (Appendix B)

C-6_(op) Budgets shall be placed in the hands of the Representatives at least two weeks prior to the adoption of the budget. (C)

C-7_(op) Those selected to represent JCTA at conferences (or similar activities) shall be notified of the maximum amount available to cover expenses. Usual vouchering procedures shall be followed. (83,9/01) (B)

C-8_(op) Association elections shall be carried as fixed budget items. (88)

C-9_(op) In case there are funds left in the JCTA NEA Delegate budget because of the NEA delegates who are half-funded due to the fact that they have not attended the KEA Convention, the Board shall not allow additional funds from that balance to be expended by any NEA delegate who has been funded at 100%. (1/95) (B)

C-10_(op) JCTA shall join the Metropolitan Housing Coalition at the $200.00 level. (2/95) (B)

C-11_(op) The mileage allowance for approved travel shall be at the amount allowed by the IRS. (9/95) (B)

C-12_(op) JCTA shall hold our portion of KEA (local) dues and remit the remaining monies. (11/97) (B)

C-13_(op) Dues shall be based on the previous year’s base salary at the rate of $.741/l00. (05/04) (C)

C-14_(op) It is the goal of JCTA to promote the growth of the JCTA Education Fund so that it shall eventually become self-sustaining. To facilitate this goal, the following policy shall be implemented. After paying all expenses associated with the King dinner, if the revenues (including the funds designated for the event in the JCTA budget) are greater than the expenses, 60% of the unused revenue shall be added to the JCTA Education Fund and 40% shall be used to provide student scholarships. In order for the JCTA Education Fund to grow, no withdrawals shall be made without explicit permission of the JCTA Board of Directors. (9/98) (B)

C-15_(op) All staff shall be given a holiday gift, $100 for each member of staff and $150 each for the Executive Director and President. (12/99) (B)

C-16_(op) The following policies apply to JCTA delegates elected to attend the KEA Delegate Assembly and/or the NEA Representative Assembly.

1. JCTA shall fund elected NEA delegates who attend at least two business sessions and vote at the KEA RA at 100% stipend. Other elected NEA delegates shall be funded at 50% stipend. (A business session shall be considered to be a session where floor discussion and debate typically occur.)
2. If the funding provided by KEA for JCTA members elected as KEA statewide delegates to the NEA RA is less than the JCTA funding level for JCTA local delegates, JCTA shall provide additional funding so that all delegates who are JCTA members receive the same total amount.
3. Checks shall be made available by May 15 to NEA delegates who have signed and returned the NEA Contract.
4. Any member who is elected an NEA delegate who does not meet the guidelines for submitting his or her expense voucher shall incur a fifteen percent (15%) penalty for each month the report is delinquent up to a maximum equal to the total funding the delegate received to attend the convention. Unvouchered funding shall be reported to the IRS as taxable income. (Proof of voting may be submitted directly to the JCTA Secretary immediately after voting.)
5. NEA RA delegates from JCTA must sign in within thirty (30) minutes of the beginning of each JCTA Caucus, KY Caucus, and within forty-five (45) minutes of each NEA RA business session; otherwise, the delegate shall incur a penalty equal to $50.00 (KY Caucus and NEA RA) or $25.00 (JCTA Caucus and KEA DA) of his or her stipend per occurrence up to a maximum equal to the given delegate’s total funding to attend the given convention. (It is understood that delegates may on occasion need to be absent in order to participate in special convention-related activities. See Appendix C for specific exceptions listed in the NEA Delegate Contract.)
6. If an NEA delegate from JCTA displays a pattern of poor attendance* at the NEA RA, KEA DA, KY Caucuses, and/or JCTA Caucuses the JCTA President shall discuss the issue with the delegate and advise him or her of this NEA/KEA Convention Attendance and Funding Policy.

   If the pattern persists, the JCTA Executive Committee (Officers and KEA Directors) may, by 3/4ths majority vote, determine that the delegate did not fulfill his or her responsibilities. If this occurs, the delegate shall incur a penalty equal to the full amount of the funding he or she received to attend the convention.

   *Poor attendance includes repeatedly failing to sign in and/or repeatedly not being present for extended periods of time during business sessions after signing in.

7. Delegates are expected to include payment of any penalty with their expense voucher. If this is not done, the (nonrecurring) penalty shall be subtracted from any subsequent JCTA funding for KEA and/or NEA conferences or conventions until it has been paid in full.

The JCTA Board may waive this policy for good cause upon written appeal or by recommendation of the JCTA President. The appeal must be made at the next regularly scheduled JCTA Board meeting. (12/93; 3/94; 5/95; 6/00; 8/01 (B) (See Appendices B, C, and D)

C-17_(op) Each school year, JCTA-PEC/NEA Fund for Children and Public Education dues shall be calculated by multiplying the Rank III, Step ) salary by a multiplier of 0.0009. From the total dues collected, $5 per member shall be designated for the NEA Fund for Children and Public Edcation. (3/04) (JCTA-PEC)

(Also see Appendix E for Budget Committee Procedures)

C-18_(op) Dues shall be deducted via twenty (20) deductions for members who elect to pay by way of payroll deduction. (3/03) (C)