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Article VII
Membership
7.1 Membership
(a) The membership of the association shall include the following categories:
Charter membership
Full membership
Associate membership/Household membership
College membership
Affiliate membership(b) The membership of ACCS consists of those schools or households which have applied for membership, and have had their membership application accepted by the board in session. The transfer of membership from one category to another may be made only upon the approval of the transfer by the board of directors.
7.2 Membership Requirements
(a) All member schools must subscribe to the Confession of Faith adopted by the ACCS, and must be in basic agreement with the vision for education as set forth in the ACCS Mission Statement. All member schools or household members must be current in their membership dues. Each member school must require annual standardized testing for each student, by a testing method approved by the Board of Directors.
(b) Written annual renewal of each member's commitment is required with the payment of annual dues.
(c) The requirements for membership in each catergory are as follows:
(i) Charter members: The opportunity to be acepted into this catergory closed Dec. 31, 1995.
1. Payment of a one-time charter membership fee in the amount of $500;
2. Demonstrated conformity to the curriculum of the Trivium as set forth in the ACCS Mission Statement;
3. Demonstrated commitment to furthering the work of the ACCS, its goals, purposes, mission and objectives;
4. A commitment to a full K-12 program;
5. A commitment to a minimum of two years of Latin or ancient Greek required for each student;
6. A commitment to a minimum of one year of formal logic required in the secondary program (grades 7-12);
7. A commitment to a minimum of one year of rhetoric required in the secondary program (grades 7-12);
8. Approval for Charter membership by four-fifths of the Board of Directors;
9. Receipt of application for charter membership by December of 1995.
(ii) Members
(a) There will be one category of membership for schools that have applied for membership after Dec. 31, 1995, and will be regarded as full membership. Schools that have applied for Charter Membership prior to Dec. 31, 1995, and have been approved, shall remain as Charter members. A school is defined as an institution generally administered by a Board and comprised of classrooms with teachers (not facilitators) where students are sent by their parents to be instructed (not self-paced), regardless of the number of grades. (Although this definition does not include home schools, it is not intended as a sign of opposition to home schooling.) Membership is understood to mean the acceptance of a school's application by ACCS with resulant priviledges. (Note: Those schools approved under the previously existing Associate Membership category have been "grand fathered" by ACCS policy 5.5.2.)
(b) All other schools, institutions, businesses, or individuals not defined herein shall apply and be considered for Affiliate Membership in the ACCS under the Affiliate Membership section.
1. Payment of annual dues;
2. Demonstrated conformity to the curriculum of the Trivium as set forth in the ACCS Mission Statement;
3. Demonstrated commitment to furthering the work of the ACCS, its goals, purposes, mission and objectives;
4. A commitment to a full K-12 program;
5. A commitment to a minimum of two years of Latin or ancient Greek required for each student;
6. A commitment to a minimum of one year of formal logic required in the secondary program (grades 7-12);
7. A commitment to a minimum of one year of rhetoric required in the secondary program (grades 7-12);
8. Approval for full membership must be by a four-fifths vote of the Board of Directors;
9. Any of the above requirements for an applicant school may only be waived by a four-fifths vote of the board.
(iii) College members
1. Payment of annual dues;
2. Demonstrated conformity to the curriculum to the Trivium as set forth in the ACCS Mission Statement;
3. Two years of Latin or ancient Greek, one year of formal logic, and one year of rhetoric required for each student. Colleges may credit students for completed work from high school in these required areas.
(iv) Affiliate members
This category applies to all organizations and/or businesses that are not in themselves schools(speaking in traditional terms) but provide instruction, materials, or direct support to the ACCS member schools in some aspect of the Trivium, or provide services to the Association or its members (such as legal advice/counsel, consultation, financial services, etc.) This category would also include home schools and individual members. Affiliate membership requirements include:
1. Payment of annual dues;
2. Everything they do should be basically consistent with what ACCS promotes;
3. They must be Christian in principle as well as in practice;
4. They should do nothing inconsistent with the classical methodology (i.e. no whole language or other such practices).
5. The Board reserves the right to withdraw Affiliate membership based on indication(s) that the Affiliate member is no longer operating in agreement with these guidelines.
6. The ACCS will evaluate what a potential business Affiliate member does to determine if the service or materials they may provide conform to the methodology of the Trivium or directly support the mission of the ACCS.