Resolutions

Each year delegates to the California State PTA Convention take action on resolutions that have been submitted by unit, council, district PTA or the California State PTA Board of Managers. Resolutions adopted by convention delegates serve as a basis for action in unit, council, district PTA and the California State PTA.

The document "Preparing a PTA Convention Resolution" guides PTAs through the preparation, writing and submittal of a convention resolution. For a quick review of the deadlines please see the Convention Resolutions Timeline.

The Resolutions Book contains resolutions adopted since 1961. Three indexes list the resolutions alphabetically, by adoption year and by subject type or assignment. A fourth index provides an alphabetical list of the retired, historical resolutions.

The resolutions are also available from the California State office, through www.capta.org or the California State PTA fax-on-demand line (877.406.3680). (Toolkit: List of Fax-on-Demand Extensions, Introduction xiii.) The starred (*) titles represent resolutions adopted by the California State PTA Board of Managers. (These were not voted upon by Convention delegates.)

Adequate and Equitable State School Finance System (1987)

Admission of Minors to R-Rated Films (1981)

Admittance of Children to Adult Rated Films (1977)

Aid to Rape Victims and Their Families (1977)

AIDS Prevention Education in the Curriculum (1988)

Air Pollution (1973)

Alcohol and Tobacco Use in Youth: Education, Prevention and Intervention

(2002)

Alcohol Beverage Advertising that Targets Youth (1992)

Alcohol Related Driver Education (1982)

Alternatives to Halloween Trick or Treating (1975)

Antibiotic Resistance Awareness (2001)

Arts Education (1998)

Attention Deficit Disorder in Children (1998)

Background Checks of Ice Cream Truck Vendors (1986)

Ballot Propositions (initiatives) (1999)

Ban on Drug Paraphernalia (1981)

Ban on Military Assault-Type Weapons (1989)

Ban on the Manufacturer and Sale of Saturday Night Specials/Junk Guns

(1997)

Bicycle Safety Education and Training (1973)

Bicycle Safety Helmets (1991)

Breakfast in Every School (2003)

Breast Cancer Early Detection Awareness and Education (1988)

Broadcast Projections of Results on Election Day (1985)

Bungalow Classroom Safety (1971)

California K-12 Public School Funding Crisis (1998)

Children's Television Program Timing (1979)

Citizenship Education (1989)*

Class Size Reduction (1996)

Class Size Reduction Flexibility (2005)

Closed Caption TV (1978)

Community Drug Abuse Prevention Programs (1970)

Computer Technology in Education (1983)

Control of Look-Alike Stimulants and Depressant Drugs (1982)

Counseling in School and Community (1976)

Creating Lifelong Readers (1998)

Credential Requirement: Parent/Family Involvement Component (1993)

Credentialed School Nurses (2005)

Delivery of Unsolicited and Hazardous Products (1971)

Desegregation and Neighborhood Schools (1979)

Developmentally-Appropriate Physical Education (1999)

Disaster Preparedness (1986)

Drug Abuse Program Funding - Penalty Assessment (1980)

Drug Advertising (1970)

Duplicate Emergency Forms at Athletic Events (1974)

Early Childhood Development and Education (2000)

Education: A 21st Century Vision (2005)

Education of Health Hazards in the Use of Anabolic Steroids (1989)

Education on Hazards of Involuntary Smoking (1987)

Educational Funding Crisis (1981)

Educational Technology Funding (1995)

Educational Testing and Test Scores (1971)

Educationally Handicapped Children (1972)

Electro-Magnetic Fields (1994)

Emergency School Bus Evacuation (1973)

Encouragement of Law-Related Education (1985)

Equal Access to School Improvement Program Funds (1983)

Equalized Base Revenue Limit Funding (1991)

Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) (1993)

Ethics in Political Campaigns (1987)

Ethnic Representation in Curricula (1970)

Extended Educational Services for the Handicapped (1967)

Family Life Education in Public Schools (1967)

Family Preservation: An Alternative to Out-Of-Home Placement (1990)

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (1986)

Field Trips - Insurance Coverage (1975)

Financial Literacy for Youth (1999)

Fire Safe Cigarettes (1983)*

Firearm Safety and Awareness (1995)

Firearm Safety Devices (1999)

Fireworks: Hazards to Youth (1990)

First Aid and/or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (1987)

Fluoridation of California Public Water Supplies (1995)

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in Schools (2004)

Football Safety (1975)

Foster Families (1999)

Funding Sources for Adult Crossing Guards (1981)

Grade Retention (1991)

Hazardous Waste Management (1980)

Healthy Lifestyles for All Children (2004)

Homeless Families With Children (1989)

Hot Weather Standards in the School Setting (1992)

Immunization Awareness and Educational Programs (1975)

Improving K-12 Mathematics Education (1998)

Increased School Nurse to Student Ratios (1997)

Increasing Counselor to Student Ratio in Schools (2000)

Internet Access for California Classrooms (2000)

Juvenile Justice Reform - A Priority (1983)

Learning Disabilities and Learning Disabilities in Gifted Children (2000)

Licensing and Registering of Handguns (2000)

Limiting Concurrent Sales of Gasoline and Alcohol and the Proliferation

of Outlets (1985)

Literacy Education (1989)

Location of Toxic/Hazardous Materials Sites (1985)

Lowering the 2/3 Vote Requirement on School and Library Bonds (1999)

Make Children First (1992)

Mandatory Use of Motorcycle Safety Helmets (1974)

Measles (Rubeola) Vaccinations (1990)

Mental Illness: Treatment and Support (1999)

Minimum Instructional Time (1983)

Mitigating Earthquake Hazards in Public Schools (1989)

Nonsuspension of Proposition 98 (1991)

Notification of Parents or Guardians When Minor Children Are Involved in

a Traffic Accident (1977)

Nutrition Education (1991)

Nutrition Education for Adults (1978)

Online Safeguards for Internet Use by Children and Youth (1997)

Opposition to Televised Commercials in California Classrooms (1990)*

Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness (1999)

Paintball Gun Control (1993)

Parent/Community Action for Effective Schools (1993)

Pedestrian Safety Education (1990)

Pesticides (1972)

Playground Equipment Safety Standards (1996)

Playground Surface Safety (2002)

Poisonous Plants Awareness (1976)

Post-Proposition 13 Funding of Public Education (1979)

Prejudice Awareness Education (1989)

Primary Prevention of Substance Abuse (1979)

Prohibiting the Promotion of Tobacco Products (1987)

Property Tax Limitation (1978)

Protection of Children From the Harmful Effects of Aircraft Emissions

(1998)

Quality of Life Portrayed on Television (1979)

Rating of PG (Parental Guidance) Films, The (1979)

Reduction of Student:Teacher Workload (1989)

Regulation of 976 Information Access Service (1986)

Regulation of Liquor Licenses Near Schools (1997)

Regulation of the Display and Sale to Minors of Drug-Use Information and

Paraphernalia Including Cigarette Papers (1979)

Responsibility of the Legislature for the Financing of Public Education

(1982)

Restricting the Kinds of Video Material Available to Children (1985)

Safety Helmets for Scooter, Skate-board and Skate Users Under the Age of

18 (2001)

Safety Problems Related to Freeway Construction Near Schools (1970)

Sale of Tobacco Products to Minors (1988)

Save Our Kids (1983)

School Absenteeism/Dropouts (1986)

School Buildings and Railroad Safety Requirements (1990)

School Bus Safety (1993)

School Construction Funding (1986)

School Desegregation Through Housing Integration Incentives (1982)

School Emergency First Aid Plan (1973)

School Facilities and Public Planning (1991)

School Facilities Crisis (1986)*

School Facilities Crisis (1990)

School Funding (1981)

School Library Media Center Funding Crisis (1988)

School Lunch Milk Requirements (1972)

School Nutrition Programs: Improvement and Expansion (1991)

School Support Program (1976)

School Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvement (2001)

School Transportation (1981)

School Transportation: Equitable Funding (2004)

School-To-Career for All Students (2001)

Scoliosis Screening (1980)

Seat Belt and Child Restraint Usage (1983)

Seat Belts: Rear Shoulder/Lap Safety Belts in Passenger/Multipurpose

Passenger Vehicles (1989)

Self-Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility Awareness (1991)

Smoking and Health (1964)

Specially Funded Programs (1981)

State Board of Education Action Relating to Elementary Instruction

Materials (1980)*

State Government Responsibility for a Rational Budget Process (1992)*

State Tax Reform (1991)

Strategies to Reduce School, Family and Community Violence (1995)

Student Assessment, Achievement and Accountability (2000)

Student Substance Abuse: Alternatives to Zero Tolerance (2003)

Substance Use and Abuse During Pregnancy (1987)

Suicide Prevention Education and Awareness (1983)

Summer School (1980)

Sun Safety: Skin Cancer Prevention Measures at School (2005)

Support and Funding for Voluntary Integration Programs (1980)

Support for Quality Child Care (1986)

Support of G-Rated Films (1976)

Support of Public Education, PTA Priority (1980)

TB Exams for Volunteers (1989)

Teacher Preparation for Elementary Education (1973)

Teacher Quality: Recruitment, Retention and Resources (2001)

Television Literacy and Program Accountability (1993)

Threatening Phone Calls to Schools (1990)

Tobacco Advertising That Targets Minors (1993)

Torture Toys (1972)

Toxins (Persistent and Bioaccumulative) and Their Effects on Children

(2002)

Treatment Centers for the Sexually Abused (1978)

Trees for Life (1989)

Tuition Tax Credits (1982)*

Use by Mass News Media of Names of Juveniles in Police Matters (1971)

Use of Children as Subjects in Pornographic Materials (1977)

Venereal Disease Education and Control (1973)

Violence and Vandalism (1980)

Violence in the Home (1977)

Violence Prevention in Schools (1999)

Voluntary Fingerprinting (1983)

Weapons on Campus (1973)

Youth Involvement (2004)

Convention 2009 Adopted Resolutions

Achievement: Eliminating the Gap [pdf: english, spanish]
Lowering the Vote Requirement in the California State Budget Process [pdf: english, spanish]
Social Host Accountability and Underage Drinking [pdf: english, spanish]
Teen Driving Safety [pdf: english, spanish]

Convention 2008 Adopted Resolutions

HIV/STD PREVENTION EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS [pdf: english, spanish]
LOCAL SCHOOL PARCEL TAX MEASURE THRESHOLD REDUCTION [pdf: english, spanish]
LONGITUDINAL INTEGRATED STATEWIDE DATA SYSTEM [pdf: english, spanish]
PROMOTING THE INCLUSION OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS ON CALIFORNIA’S MEGAN’S LAW REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER DATABASE [pdf: english, spanish]
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FOR ALL CHILDREN [pdf: english, spanish]