Florida Association of Student Councils

CONSTITUTION
of the
FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS

Article I
NAME
Section 1: The name of this organization shall be the Florida Association of Student
Councils (FASC).

Article II
PURPOSE
Section 1: The purpose of the organization shall be to extend and spread the
doctrine of responsibility, personal growth, self-discipline and good
citizenship; to promote harmonious relationships throughout the state; to
foster unity in realizing the ideals of education and democracy; and to
make available to student officers throughout Florida, ideas and
information in helping to achieve these objectives.

Article III
AUTHORITY
Section 1: All powers and authority of the FASC are designated by the Leadership
Advisory Board, the Executive Director, the Florida Association of
School Administrators (FASA), and Florida Association of Secondary
School Principals (FASSP) will be the advisory and coordinating group
to the Florida State high school student bodies.
Section 2: All major policy actions of the FASC must be approved by the
Executive Director and the Leadership Advisory Board.
Section 3: LEADERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
This board shall exercise general control of the FASC, coordinate the
activities of the association in conjunction with the Executive Director.
This board will be responsible to the FASSP, and FASA.
This board will be responsible to the FASSP, and FASA.

Section 4: Membership: The Leadership Advisory Board shall consist of 23
members. 10(ten) of the board members will consist of the 5 (five) state
officers and their advisors. 12(twelve) of the board members will consist
of each of the 6(six) District Presidents and their advisors. The final board
member will be the Executive Director.

Article IV
MEMBERSHIP
Section 1: Membership in this organization shall be open to all the student councils
of public and private secondary schools in the state of Florida and
county associations.
Section 2: Annual dues for each school shall be $50.00. Dues are to be paid to the
Executive Director on or before November 1st. A late fee of $30.00 shall
be assessed for any dues received after the due date.
Section 3: A member school is defined as any school which has paid its annual
dues by the deadline. Only member schools are entitled to attend the
annual state convention at which each school will have one vote.
Section 4: FASC Districts shall be recognized as affiliates of the FASC. District
boundaries shall be observed by all districts and any changes shall be
made with the consent of the schools and districts affected and with the
concurrence of the Leadership Advisory Board, Executive Director and
FASC Executive Board of Directors.
Section 5: County Student Council Associations are able to become non-voting, noncompeting
members.
Article V
MEETINGS
Section 1: The date of the annual convention of the FASC shall be determined by
the host district in cooperation with the Leadership Advisory Board and
Executive Director.

Section 2: The site shall be determined by the host district in cooperation with the
Executive Director at least one year previous to the date of the
convention and shall be announced at the last general session one year
prior to the meeting.

Section 3: The number of delegates allowed to attend each conference of the
association will be determined by the host school and the Executive
Board of Directors during the August Executive Board of Directors
Meeting. Member schools may send additional delegates if given
permission by the Host school 30 days prior to the convention. Such
permission shall be in writing and a copy of the same mailed to the Host
school 30 days prior to the opening session.

Section 4: Each delegate to the convention shall be identified and registered with an
advisor.

Section 5: FASC Districts shall meet twice a year on dates approved by the FASC
Executive Director with a third optional meeting. Additional district
meetings may be held on dates approved by the Executive Director.

Article VI
OFFICERS
Section 1: The officers of the FASC shall be schools instead of individuals. The
officers of the FASC shall consist of a President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer, and Parliamentarian. The President, Vice President
and Secretary schools shall be elected at the State Convention; the
Parliamentarian is selected by winning the Parliamentary Procedure
contest that is done each year during the State convention. Note: This
position was created and voted on and passed in executive session at the
board meeting in Tampa, FL in 1998.
NOTE: The pronoun "she" and "her" is applicable and appropriate any place in
this constitution where the pronoun "he" and "his" is used.

Section 2: The office of the Treasurer school shall be rotated among the six
districts. However, the host schools district may change convention
years with the next district in rotation. The host district shall designate
the Treasurer at the fall district meeting (18 months in advance of
hosting) in cooperation with the leadership advisory committee and
Executive Director.

Section 3: The Executive Director is an officer of the FASC.

Section 4: All officer-schools must have been dues-paying members the year prior
to the convention at which they are seeking election.

Section 5: There shall be an Executive Board of Directors constituted as follows:
A. One student and one advisor for each officer-school.
B. One student and one advisor for each District President School
serving their respective districts as of September 1 of the current
year. If the District President School cannot attend a scheduled
board meeting, the District Vice President School may attend and
vote.
C. The Executive Director shall be an active or retired educator.
Section 6: The Executive Board of Directors shall be reimbursed for reasonable
expenses with the approval of the Executive Director.

Article VII
TERM OF OFFICE
Section 1: The newly elected officers and new members of the Executive Board.
Board of Directors shall begin their term of office upon adjournment of
the annual convention.

Article VIII
DUTIES OF OFFICERS
Section 1: The President shall:
A. Preside at all meetings.
B. Serve as an ex-officio member of all committees.
C. Act as Chairman of the Executive Board of Directors.
(Art. VIII, Sect. 1 Cont.)
D. Request the Executive Director to provide for auditing the
financial records.
E. Appoint any necessary committees.
F. Deliver a convention address in which he includes a statement
regarding the economic and communicative progress of the
FASC during his term of office.
G. Perform other duties as directed by the Leadership Advisory
Board

Section 2: The Vice President shall:
A. Perform the duties of the President in the event of his absence,
but not fill the office.
B. Work with Host school to procure topics and select presenters for
all workshops at the state convention.
C. Coordinate/decorate and preside at the banquet at the State
Convention.
D. Publish a minimum of four newsletters prior to the state
convention for the Association with the assistance of the
Executive Director.
E. Perform other duties as directed by the Leadership Advisory
Board.

Section 3: The Secretary shall:
A. Keep a permanent record of the minutes of each meeting.
B. Compile a summarized report of convention and committee
meetings which are to be sent to all member schools through the
FASC newsletter.
C. Provide the newly elected President and Executive Director with
all the resolutions passed at the convention
D. To prepare all amendments/resolutions in the proper format for
the state conference and have 2 copies for every school in
attendance at registration.
E. Perform other duties as directed by the Leadership Advisory
Board.

Section 4: The Treasurer shall:
A. Make arrangements for the state convention dates with the
Executive Director.
B. Have the responsibility, along with advisor and school principal,
for all financial matters pertaining to the state convention, subject
to approval of the Executive Board of Directors¸ and present an
itemized report of the Convention to the Executive Director.
Such reports must be completed as soon as possible following the
convention. It must carry the signatures of the teacher-advisor
and school principal.
C. Make a partial payment back to the FASC from conference
Registration. Amount will be determined by the Leadership
Advisory Board.
D. Perform other duties as directed by the Leadership Advisory
Board.

Section 5: The Parliamentarian shall:
A. Attend all board meetings and offer procedural rulings
(Art VIII, Sect. 5 Cont.)
B. Look at the copy of all resolutions submitted by the secretary
before the convention and be familiar with them.
C. Offer rulings during the resolution meetings.
D. Be familiar with the newest edition of Roberts Rules of Order
and have it on your person.
E. Perform other duties as directed by the Leadership Advisory
Board.

Section 6: District Presidents shall:
A. Attend FASC Board Meetings.
B. Notify all schools (send a copy to FASC office) in your district
regarding all meetings at least 21 days prior to the meeting.
C. Attend and run first District Meeting.
D. Send District Meeting attendance lists and copy of minutes to
FASC office no later than 10 days after the meeting.
E. Send article(s) to Vice President School for Florida Sun by
regarding all meetings at least 21 days prior to the meeting.
F. Notify the FASC office ASAP of any meeting date, time, or
location changes.
G. Send any proposed amendments and/or resolutions that passed in
your 2nd District Meeting to the Secretary School and FASC office
no later than 10 days after the meeting.
H. Remind the newly elected President to attend the State
Convention so that he/she can be inducted.

Section 7: The Executive Director shall:
A. Keep all permanent records and materials.
B. Act as a clearing house and source of information on all activities
related to the state organization.
C. Provide for the preparation and distribution of the Advisors
Handbook and correspondence of state interest.
D. See that the dates of the State Convention, board meetings and
district meetings are submitted to the Calendar Committee of the
FASSP and FASA
E. Shall submit in writing to each member of the FASC a budget for
the coming fiscal year as well as a statement of expenditures and
savings from the preceding fiscal year to be published in the
Advisors Handbook upon the approval of the Board of Directors.

Section 7: All officers will be required to prepare and submit at the convention
board meeting a summary of the goals and objectives of the previous
year, and the methods used to achieve them.

Article IX
ELECTION
Section 1: The election shall be held at the annual convention of the FASC.

Section 2: Written permission of the principal of each candidate school seeking
office shall be required 30 days prior to the annual convention to the
Parliamentarian. This letter of intent/permission should be forwarded by
the Parliamentarian to the Executive Director and the host school.
(Art. IX Cont.)

Section 3: Successful candidates shall have the student who will represent the
school in that office present to make the acceptance speech.

Section 4: A. In the event there are no candidates for the office of President,
Vice President and/or Secretary, the current President shall appoint
one school from each district to serve as a nominating committee.
The nominating committee shall meet during the first day of the
convention. It shall be the duty of the nominating committee to
present at least one nominee for each office. The principals of
these schools accepting such nominations must give his permission
verbally or via facsimile to the Executive Director prior to the
election. Any school that qualifies for candidacy
prior to convention shall automatically be a candidate for that
office.
C. In the event no convention host can be found from among the
members of the district in the convention rotation prior to
conference, the Executive Director must seek a convention host
from among the entire membership of the F.A.S.C. The
conference Host would be selected among member schools that
submit a written request to host the convention and are in
attendance at the current conference.
D. The established convention rotation would not be affected by the
selection of a school to host the state convention from the
membership at large.
E. The rotation of the convention host districts will be established
through a By Law that will be reviewed by the elected officers
and the Executive Director every three years.

Article X
SPECIAL MEETING
Section 1: The President shall call special meetings of the Executive Board at any
time on the request of an officer school or at the request of two or more
Executive Board member schools with the consent of the Executive
Director. Written notice of such a meeting and its purpose shall be given
to every member school at least two weeks prior to the date of such a
meeting.

Article XI
STANDING COMMITTEES
Section 1: Resolution Committee
A. This committee consists of the President, Secretary,
Parliamentarian, and Executive Director or designee.

B. Submitting resolutions: All proposed resolutions and
amendments are to be submitted to the Secretary school
postmarked at least 30 days in advance of the state convention.
The resolutions committee shall prepare the resolutions and
amendments for presentation to the assembly.
(Art. XI, Sec.1 Cont.)
C. The newly elected President school will be responsible for
submitting all passed resolutions to the proper authority. The
President school will inform the Vice President school of the
status of those resolutions, and the Vice President will publish all
pertinent information concerning them in the newsletter that is
issued to all member schools.

Section 2: Standing committees shall be appointed by the President with the
approval of the Executive Board of Directors.

Article XII
PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
Section 1: All matters of procedure not specifically covered by this Constitution or
Convention Rules shall be conducted in accordance with the newest
edition of Robert's Rules of Order. The non-voting office of
Parliamentarian was added in 1998. The responsibilities of this office are
covered under Article VIII, Section 5 Duties of Officers.

Article XIII
RATIFICATION
Section 1: This constitution went into effect immediately upon ratification of 2/3
(two-thirds) of the official delegations at the Convention on May 1,
1980. It was last amended on April 19, 1999 at the convention in
Pensacola.

Article XIV
AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS

Section 1: This Constitution shall be amended at a meeting of the FASC by 2/3
(two-thirds) of the official voting delegations or administratively by a
representative of the FASA with 2/3 approval of the Leadership
Advisory Board.

Section 2: The amendments shall be in effect immediately upon the approval of the
delegation at the Convention.

Section 3: All proposed amendments must be formally typed and must be sent to
the Secretary School, postmarked 30 days prior to the convention.

Section 4: Upon receipt of these proposals, the Secretary School shall send copies
of all proposals to the Vice President school to be printed in the
newsletter and sent by the Vice President school to all member schools
postmarked at least two weeks prior to the convention.

Section 5: All resolutions and amendments must be approved by the perspective
District before being advanced to the state convention.

Article XV
DISSOLUTION
In the event of dissolution, residual assets of the organization will be turned over to
one or more organizations which themselves are exempt as organizations described
in Section 501 (c) (3) and 170 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1964 or
corresponding sections of any prior or future Internal Revenue Code, or to Federal,
State, or Local Government for exclusive public purposes.

Article XVI
LIMITATIONS OF POWER
Section 1: Not withstanding any other provision of these articles, this corporation
shall not carry on any activities not permitted to be carried on by:
A. A corporation exempt from Federal Income Tax under Section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1964 or the
corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal
Revenue Law.
B. A corporation, contributions to which are deductible under
Section 170 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1964 or any
corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal
Revenue Law.