In the spring of every odd-numbered year, the PSEA Legislative Committee creates a subcommittee to review and discuss revisions to the GPA. The subcommittee is comprised of volunteers from the Legislative Committee.
During an in-person weekend meeting, the subcommittee discusses and directs edits to the GPA. Revisions are submitted in advance by various departments, including PSEA-Retired, Healthcare PSEA, the Department of Pupil Services, and the Department of Career and Technical Schools.
The staff consultant for the Legislative Committee tracks and collects proposed changes. If questions have been raised about specific issues by members over the previous two years, or if recent New Business Items that have been approved by the PSEA House of Delegates should be reflected in the GPA, the subcommittee strives to ensure that those items are reflected in any proposed revisions to the GPA.
The proposed revisions are provided to the Legislative Committee in advance of its September meeting and then presented to the Legislative Committee at that meeting in the odd-numbered year. The Legislative Committee discusses them and makes further revisions as necessary. Finally, the Legislative Committee votes to recommend the GPA for review by the PSEA Board of Directors.
The revised GPA is presented by the Board Liaison to the Legislative Committee at the next Board of Directors meeting. This usually occurs in October, but it is possible for this to occur in September. Board members are then able to take the next several weeks to review the GPA in more detail, ask the Legislative Committee Chair and staff consultant questions, and solicit feedback from their own networks.
At the following Board of Directors meeting, the GPA is given a second reading. Board members may make additional changes to the GPA during the meeting. After discussion concludes, the Board of Directors votes to send the revised GPA for consideration at the PSEA House of Delegates.
The revised GPA is presented to the House of Delegates as a New Business Item. Copies of the revised GPA are made available physically at the registration table, as well as electronically on www.psea.org and the House of Delegates app. Delegates have the opportunity to recommend additional changes and/or move to approve the revised GPA for the following legislative session.
Once approved by the House of Delegates, PSEA prints the GPA and makes it available to PSEA members.
