Reporting PTA Membership
Dues Remittance Form (click)

Member List Requirement
California Corporations Code Section 6320 requires that every California nonprofit public benefit corporation (which all PTAs are) “shall keep…a record of its members giving their names and addresses and the class of membership held by each…”

A copy of the membership list shall be kept on file with the president, secretary, treasurer, and membership chairman. The membership list should be available at association meetings to determine who is eligible to vote.

Membership of California State PTA
The California State PTA membership year and fiscal year is July 1 to June 30.

Membership dues in the 16th District of the California State PTA are as follows: 
     National portion:  $1.75
        State portion:  $1.25
     District portion:  $0.40
      Council portion:  varies (check with your Council)
         Unit portion:  varies (check with your Unit)
Online Membership Data Reporting
(Also see OMDR section.)

National PTA’s OMDR—Online Membership Data Reporting—program is used to enter member information, which is safeguarded in a password protected database.

OMDR provides compliance with the requirement that PTA be able to contact all members.

Member information can be entered into OMDR individually —member by member—or it can be batch uploaded by PTAs that maintain membership information in an Excel spreadsheet with the correct fields.

Membership Awards
The California State PTA provides a number of membership award incentives.

Early Bird
Due: November 1 postmark for district PTA
Requirement: 15 or more members
Eligible: Untis
Certificates will be distributed through district PTA to each PTA unit that remits for 15 or more members on or before November 1.

Chairman’s Club
Due: November 15 postmark for district PTA
Requirement: 50 or more members - Early Bird not required
Eligible: Units
Certificates will be distributed through district PTA to each PTA unit that remits for 50 or more members on or before November 15.

Membership Creativity
Due in California State PTA office: February 1
Requirement: Chairman’s Club
Eligible: Units and Councils
The top units and councils displaying membership creativity will be recognized by the California State PTA at the annual convention. Applications due in the California State PTA office through channels.

Everything You Need To Know About Membership (click)