Leadership

Please follow this link to the California State PTA calendar of important dates and deadlines as a guide for your PTA year. Also check with your council and district for local due dates and details. 2025-26 Leadership Calendar - California State PTA

Welcome to Ninth District PTAs Leadership Resources

If your PTA needs help, training, or other assistance and is part of a council, contact your council leadership for additional help. If you are an out of council association, contact Ninth District PTA (858-268-8077 or office@ninthdistrictpta.org). We are ready to help if you need further assistance.

How to Start a PTA at Your School

How exciting it is to be part of the largest child advocacy organization in the United States! Want to start a PTA/PTSA at your school? Contact Denae Senise at leadership@ninthdistrictpta.org.

Ninth District PTA will help you through the process and looks forward to adding your members' voices for children to the 500,000 members in California. We will help you by making sure all your paperwork is completed for 501(c)(3) non-profit status and training your new board for success on behalf of children and families in your community.

No Officers Elected? Officers Resigned?

PTAs often find the executive board with some vacant positions. Whether there was no election, vacancies following election or officer resignations, there is a solution for each situation.

No Election

An election led by Ninth District PTA leaders is required. Contact the PTA district at office@ninthdistrictpta.org or 858-268-8077.

Vacancies Following Election

Bylaws for Local PTA/PTSA Units, Article V, Section 7 and Section 11 read in part:

SECTION 7.

Vacant positions must be filled by the executive board-elect or executive board, per Article V, Section 11. No officer shall be eligible to the same office for more than two consecutive terms or hold more than one elected or appointed office.

SECTION 11.

A vacancy occurring in any office shall be filled for the unexpired term by a person elected by the executive board. Election to fill a vacancy shall require a majority vote of the executive board, with at least ten (10) days' previous notice. If notice is not given, the election to fill the vacancy shall require a two-thirds (2/3) vote.
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Resignations

When an officer or chairman presents a written resignation, the executive board meets - at a regularly scheduled meeting or a special meeting called with required notice - to accept the resignation and elect a member to complete the term.