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["Date","Reference","Edit","Reason","Made By"]
["2018-08-20","Document","Separated into single document separate from one large combined one; updated index","Policy Committee recommendation","Athena Frank"]
["2018-09-30","Document","Remove references to Executive Committee ","Amendment - Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 13, 2018, Pages 6-8","Athena Frank"]
["2019-02-05","Miscellaneous Issues of the Organization","Added Social Media Policy","BOT Adopted SU18 meeting","Diana Weber"]
["2019-04-11","Legitimate Expenses","added \"day\" after full (\"per full day\")","missing word","Diana Weber"]
["2019-04-25","Financial Structure and Related Activities, IV., Member Services, H.","Added Acceptable Use Policy","BOT Adopted 4/2/19","Diana Weber"]
["2019-05-04","Cover","New logo added","May 30, 2019 BOT Minutes","Diana Weber"]
["2019-05-31","Artile VIII","Add: 7A. Advocacy Committee The Advocacy Committee shall identify strategies, best practices, and actions regarding engaging with elected officials and community leaders at the federal, state, and local levels.","Amendment - Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 5, 2019, Page 3","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-11","Cover/footer","Changed \"updated\" to  \"amended\" date","Reflects latest amendmens","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-11","VI. Board Committees, A1. Term of Service; 2C. Authority, ","Removed reference to Executive Committee","Amendment - Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 13, 2018, Pages 6-8","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-11","VI. Board Committees, C. Standing Committees and Responsibilities, 6. Programs (first bullet)","Removed reference to Executive Committee","Amendment - Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 13, 2018, Pages 6-8","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-11","VI. Board Committees, C. Standing Committees and Responsibilities, 7. Nominating Committee","Removed reference to Executive Committee","Amendment - Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 13, 2018, Pages 6-8","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-11","Document","Change all National Officer Coordinator  references to Director of Leadership Development","BOT Adopted 4/2/19","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","Cover","Removed \"Approved by the Board of Trustees\"","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","By-Laws (word usage with hyphen)","Removed hyphen throughout document","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2019-07-23","Document","Updated Director of Member Services and Events to Director of Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement","Updated staff title; BOT approved 7/23/19","Athena Frank"]
["2019-07-23","p. 44","Updated Director of Strategic Advancement to Director of Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement","Updated staff title; BOT approved 7/23/19","Athena Frank"]
["2019-07-23","Support Groups Policy & Procedures, II, C, 2","Removed \"professional level\"","Professional-level membership is not required for CEAC membership; BOT approved 7/23/19","Athena Frank"]
["2019-07-23","Support Groups Policy & Procedures, II, C, 3","Added \"If a state association does not have representation in a division, they may choose to send a representative from a different division to fulfill their three (3) positions.","Not all states have all divisions; BOT approved 7/23/19","Athena Frank"]
["2019-07-23","Policies and Procedures Alumni Division, V. F.","Added \"Alumni\" between National and Officer position.","Clarified officer division; BOT approved 7/23/19","Athena Frank"]
["2019-07-23","Misc Issues of the Organization, VI.","Added to bottom of section, \"Business Professionals of America reserves the right to monitor, restrict, prohibit, block, suspend, terminate, delete, remove or discontinue any users’ access to any National BPA social media site at any time, without notice or consent. Additionally, Business Professionals of America may remove, delete, block, filter or restrict any comment or post at its sole discretion and that are deemed objectionable, inappropriate, distasteful, harmful, defamatory, harassing, libelous, slanderous, offensive, or criminal in nature.\"","Expands/clarifies policy; national staff rcommendation; BOT approved 7/23/19","Athena Frank"]
["2019-07-23","Misc Issues of the Organization, VI.","Strike out \"BPA conference participant: and replace with “individual involved, engaged or associated with BPA, or BPA members participating in any BPA activities on the Local, Regional, State and National Level including but not limited to the Workplace Skills Assessment Program Competitive Events.” ","Added clarifying language per national staff recommendation; BOT approved 7/23/19","Athena Frank"]
["2019-09-24","P&P Middle-Level Division, VI. WSAP events","Updated list to match currently approved Mid-Level WSAP events","August 27, 2019 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2019-09-24","XVI. Specifications for Appropriate Attire","Updated dress code to reflect BOT approved revisions","September 24, 2019 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2019-10-29","Misc Issues of the Organization, VII. & VIII.","Added VII. Academic Integrity Policy; renumbered Acronyms and Abbreviations to VIII.","October 29, 2019 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2019-10-29","Appendix, X.","Added X. BPA Academic Integrity Report Form to Appendix","October 29, 2019 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2019-10-29","P&P NLC, VIII. Grievance Committee, A.1.","Added new bullet for Academic Integrity","October 29, 2019 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2019-10-29","P&P NLC, VIII. Grievance Committee, C.1.a.","Added \"appropriate\" between \"the\" and \"grievance form\"","October 29, 2019 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2020-01-12","Appendix, XI.","Added XI. Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy Form to Appendix","January 12, 2020 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2020-02-20","P&P, BOT/Corporate P&P, VI. Board Committees, C. 7. Nominating Committee","Updated language in P&P to align with Code of Regulations","Aligned with Code of Regulations per Nominating Committee Chair and BOT Chair recommendations","Athena Frank"]
["2020-03-31","P&P,NLC, XXI. Provisions for Conducting Business if the National Leadership Conference is Cancelled","Added new language as adopted during 03/31/20 BOT meeting ","March 31, 2020 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2020-04-28","P&P,NLC, XXI. C. The Board of Trustees shall approve an alternative form of elections for the Board of Trustees.","Removed Section C. in its entirety and renumbered D. to C. accordingly","April 28, 2020 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2020-04-28","P&P, Summer Meeting, Article V, C. 1.","Added \"In the event summer meeting cannot occur in the city of the upcoming NLC, the Board of Trustees shall approve alternative plans for summer meeting.\"","April 28, 2020 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2020-04-28","P&P, NLC, XI, D. Campaign Procedures 1. Secondary and 2. Post-secondary, subsection f.","Struck out \"The scores of this test will be submitted to the head voting delegates for consideration when voting for candidates,\" and inserted \"Head voting delegates will receive a list of the candidates that receive Merit Scholar.\"","April 28, 2020 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2020-04-28","P&P, NLC, XIII., XIV., XV.","Replaced with \"XIII.  Member Code of Conduct and Ethics\" and renumbered following sections accordingly","April 28, 2020 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2020-07-17","P&P, NLC, XI., F. Elections, g.","Struck out \"a specific\" before office.","July 17, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-07-17","P&P, NLC, XI., A. Eligibility, c.","Struck out \"the\" before state and replaced with \"a,\"; added \", an Independent Chapter, or the National Virtual Chapter.\"","July 17, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-07-17","P&P, NLC, XIII., 2nd bullet","Added, \"Members shall agree to, and abide by, the Academic Integrity Policy adopted by Business Professionals of America.\"","July 17, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-07-17","P&P, NLC, IX., D. Developmental Process","Substitute sections 1. and 2 with new recommended language","July 17, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-07-17","P&P, Secondary Division, III. O.","Substituted \"A National Officer may not serve as a regional, state, or other CTSO regional, state, or national officer in conjunction with the national officer team.\"","July 17, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-07-17","P&P, Post-Secondary Division, III. O.","Substituted \"A National Officer may not serve as a regional, state, or other CTSO regional, state, or national officer in conjunction with the national officer team.\"","July 17, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-09-29","P&P, NLC, IX., A. Authorization","Substituted Part A. with new recommended language that allows State Associations the ability to distribue WSAP Regional Tests for all divisions no earlier than February 1 of the current membership year, and the National Association the ability to make all WSAP State and National Tests from previous membership years available for purchase for all member divisions.","September 29, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","Index, P&P Secondary Division, VI.","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","Index, P&P Post-Secondary Division, VI.","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, Secondary Division, III. G., K., L.","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, Secondary Division, IV., A., C., E.","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, Secondary Division, VI. Heading and first sentence","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, Post-Secondary Division, III. G., K., L.","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, Post-Secondary Division, IV., A., C., F.","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, Post-Secondary Division, VI. Heading and first sentence","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, NLC, VIII., C. 2. b. ","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, NLC, XI., B., c. 7, d.","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, NLC, XI., F. 1. i.","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P, Summer Meeting, II. A.","Strike out and replace \"Director of Leadership Development\" with \"National Officer Coordinator\"","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P NLC, XI., B., c. 1. ","Strike out “chapter” and insert “local chapter advisor”","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P NLC, XI., B., c. 2","Strike out “Executive Director” and insert “National Officer Coordinator” ","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P NLC, XI., B., 1.e. ","Add “All candidates will be required to take the National Officer Candidate Exam and achieve a score of 70% or higher for eligibility to be an official National Officer Candidate. ","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P NLC, XI., D., 1. f","Strike out f. in its entirety ","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2020-11-30","P&P NLC, XI., D., 2. f","Strike out f. in its entirety ","November 30, 2020 BOT meeting","Athena Frank"]
["2021-02-04","P&P NLC, XI., A. 1. b.","Strike out \"Have a 2.5 grade average based on a 4.0 scale. The average shall include all subjects taken the previous year and including the first semester or quarter of the current school year. An official school transcript shall accompany the nomination form.\" and substitute with \"Have a 2.75 cumulative grade average based on a 4.0 scale. The cumulative average shall include all subjects taken the candidate’s entire high school career. An official school transcript shall accompany the nomination form.\"","July 19, 2017 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2021-02-04","P&P NLC, XI., A. 2. b.","Strike out \"Have a 2.5 grade average based on a 4.0 scale. The Post-secondary average shall include all subjects taken from the time the student entered the post-secondary program until the end of the first semester or quarter of the current year. An official school transcript shall accompany the candidate’s nomination for.\" and replace with Have a 2.75 cumulative grade average based on a 4.0 scale. The Post-secondary cumulative average shall include all subjects taken the last two terms. An official school transcript shall accompany the candidate’s nomination form","July 19, 2017 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2021-02-05","P&P NLC, XI., B. 1. c. 4.","Strike out \"application\" and insert \"recommendation\" - A letter of recommendation from the state advisor . . .","To align with candidate requirements and National Officer Handbook language. State advisors do not submit a letter of application, but rather a letter of recommendation.","Athena Frank"]
["2021-09-30","P&P Middle Level Division, V. Operating Procedures","Strike out \"The Division's Bylaws amendments shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval prior to being voted on by the Corporate members.\" and replace with \"The Middle Level Division's Bylaws shall be amended in accordance with the requirements indicated in those Division Bylaws.\"","To align with the Middle Level Division's amendment process as outlined in the Division's Bylaws.\nApproved at the August 31, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-09-30","P&P Secondary Division, VII. Operating Procedures","Strike out \"The Division's Bylaws amendments shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval prior to being voted on by the Division's voting delegates.\" and replace with \"The Secondary Division's Bylaws shall be amended in accordance with the requirements indicated in those Division Bylaws.\"","To align with the Secondary Division's amendment process as outlined in the Division's Bylaws.\nApproved at the August 31, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-09-30","P&P Post-secondary Division, VII. Operating Procedures","Strike out \"The Division's Bylaws amendments shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval prior to being voted on by the Division's voting delegates.\" and replace with \"The Post-secondary Division's Bylaws shall be amended in accordance with the requirements indicated in those Division Bylaws.\"","To align with the Post-secondary Division's amendment process as outlined in the Division's Bylaws.\nApproved at the August 31, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-09-30","P&P Appenix","Add \"Appendix VII. Policy & Procedure Change Request Form\"","To streamline the P&P amendment process with a standardized form.\nApproved at the August 31, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-09-30","P&P Secondary Division, V. Meetings, A.","Add language to sub-section A. \"The annual meeting shall be called the Business Meeting and will be held during the National Leadership Conference.\"","To correct the language as the annual Meeting of the Secondary Division is the Business Meeting, not the National Leadership Conference.\nApproved at the August 31, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-09-30","P&P Post-secondary Division, V. Meetings, A.","Add language to sub-section A. \"The annual meeting shall be called the Business Meeting and will be held during the National Leadership Conference.\"","To correct the language as the annual Meeting of the Post-secondary Division is the Business Meeting, not the National Leadership Conference.\nApproved at the August 31, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-09-30","P&P NLC, XI. Officer Elections, D., 1., a.","Strike out \"a. Speeches 1. Shall be limited to two (2) minutes. The officer candidate will give an individual statement of qualifications and platform. 2. Candidates for Offices may not refer to any office by name. 3. The use of skits, props, costumes, demonstrations, or the assistance of another person are not allowed. 4. The candidate may not solicit or invite audience participation. The candidate will not be held accountable for spontaneous audience response. 5. The distribution of campaign material in the rooms where general sessions and banquets are held is also prohibited with the exception of business cards.\" and replace with \"a. Business Meeting. 1. Each National Officer Candidate will deliver their prepared speech during this session: a. The speech shall be limited to two (2) minutes. The officer candidate will give an individual statement of qualifications and platform. b. Candidates may not refer to any office by name. c. The use of skits, props, costumes, demonstrations, or the assistance of another person are not allowed. d. The candidate may not solicit or invite audience participation, however, the candidate will not be held accountable for spontaneous audience response. e. The distribution of campaign material in the room where general sessions and banquets are held is also prohibited with the exception of business cards. 2. No questions may be asked to any of the candidates. 3. Official roll call of the State Association voting delegates will be completed. 4. Voting delegates will vote on amendments to the Secondary Bylaws at this meeting.\"","To add the annual Secondary Division Business Meeting procedures to the Campaign Procedures section of P&P NLC. Approved at the August 31, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-09-30","P&P NLC, XI. Officer Elections, D., 2., a.","Strike out \"a. Speeches 1. Shall be limited to two (2) minutes. The officer candidate will give an individual statement of qualifications and platform. 2. Candidates for Offices may not refer to any office by name. 3. The use of skits, props, costumes, demonstrations, or the assistance of another person are not allowed. 4. The candidate may not solicit or invite audience participation. The candidate will not be held accountable for spontaneous audience response. 5. The distribution of campaign material in the rooms where general sessions and banquets are held is also prohibited with the exception of business cards.\" and replace with \"a. Business Meeting. 1. Each National Officer Candidate will deliver their prepared speech during this session: a. The speech shall be limited to two (2) minutes. The officer candidate will give an individual statement of qualifications and platform. b. Candidates may not refer to any office by name. c. The use of skits, props, costumes, demonstrations, or the assistance of another person are not allowed. d. The candidate may not solicit or invite audience participation, however, the candidate will not be held accountable for spontaneous audience response. e. The distribution of campaign material in the room where general sessions and banquets are held is also prohibited with the exception of business cards. 2. No questions may be asked to any of the candidates. 3. Official roll call of the State Association voting delegates will be completed. 4. Voting delegates will vote on amendments to the Post-secondary Bylaws at this meeting.\"","To add the annual Post-secondary Division Business Meeting procedures to the Campaign Procedures section of P&P NLC. Approved at the August 31, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-09-30","P&P NLC, XI. Officer Elections, E.","Add language to sub-section B. \"State Associations shall exercise their voting privilege through national voting delegates at the annual divisional Business Meetings and State Caucuses at the National Leadership Conference. Voting delegates shall be student members of the respective division for which they are serving as voting delegates. All business and discussion must be conducted by the voting delegates.\"","To clarify where voting delegates will meet and conduct the official business of their respective Division. Approved at the August 31, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Alumni Division, Article I. Individual Eligibility","Changed languge re: complimentary initial membership and dual membership to reflect updated Code of Regulations language. ","October 26, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Board of Trustees/Corporate Policies and Procedures, Article VI., Section A. Standing Committees","Removed \"Nominating Committee\" from Board of Trustees Standing Committees list to align with update in Code of Regulations re: the Nominating Committee.","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Board of Trustees/Corporate Policies and Procedures, Article VI., Section C., Subsection 7. Nominating Committee","Removed Subsection 7. Nominating Committee in its entirety to align with update in Code of Regulations re: the Nominating Committee.","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Financial Structure and Related Activities, Article IV. Section I. Copyrighted Materials","Replace \"Director of Marketing & Stakeolder Engagement and Executive Director\" with \"National Center\" to ensure flexibility as to which National staff member will be delegated responsibility re: copyrighted publications.","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Secondary Division, Article VIII. Workplace Skills Assessment Program","Removed Article VIII. Workplace Skills Assessment Program - Events Available to Associate Members in its entirety as the Associate section membership is now permitted to participate in all WSAP competitions available to the Secondary Division.","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Middle Level Division, Article VI. WSAP Events","Updated the WSAP Event listing available to members of the Middle Level Division","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P NLC, Article IV., Section F.","Changed the language to \"Registration fees for the NLC shall be received by the National Center twenty-one (21) days prior to the NLC\" to clarify expectations when addressing the conference fee payment deadline.","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P NLC, Article V., Section C., Subsection 1.","Removed reference to the \"Associate Division\" as it is no longer a recognized membership division. ","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P NLC, Article X., Section C., Subsection 6. Hall of Fame","Changed the language to \"Hall of Fame: An award presented yearly to a maximum of two (2) individuals who have made significant contributions to the history of Business Professionals of America and has been involved at the local, state, and national levels for 10 or more years. The award also includes a Business Professionals of America lifetime membership in the division of the recipient’s choosing (to be indicated annually).\" This update reflects the changes to Lifetime membership as defined in the Code of Regulations.","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P NLC, Article XV., Section E. ","Changed the responsible staff member for NLC exhibitors and merchandise from \"Director of Marketing & Stakeholder Engagement\" to \"Director of Strategic Programs & Experiences.\"","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Appendix IV. Acknowledgement of Code of Conduct","Changed the National Center address to \"700 Morse Road, Suite 201, Columbus, OH 43214.\"","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Manual (in its entirety)","Updated references of \"National Officer Team\" and \"National Officer\" to \"Executive Council\" and \"Executive Officer\", as appropriate, when referencing the student division's officer leadership teams.","November 30, 2021 BOT Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Appendix VIII: National BPA Grievance Form","The National BPA Grievance Form and action flowchart was added to the Policies & Procedures Manual as Appendix VIII (pages 13-14).","To make the form for submitting a grievance to the newly established Grievance Committee accessible to organizational stakeholders.","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-01-25","P&P Appendix IX: Proxy Form","The National BPA Corporate Vote Proxy Form was added to the Policies & Procedures Manual as Appendix IX (page 15).","January 25, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-07-17","P&P Miscellaneous Issues","Reorder Articles within category; add \"BPA Week\" and definition as Article III.","July 16, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-07-17","P&P Secondary Division, Article IV., Section A.","Change method of notice of inactivity to \"verbal communication and send a written confirmation by electronic mail.\" Also add language stipulating that notice is provided only once per term by the Leadership Development Specialist in consultation with the division president or next ranking active officer. ","July 16, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-07-17","P&P Post-secondary Division, Article IV., Section A.","Change method of notice of inactivity to \"verbal communication and send a written confirmation by electronic mail.\" Also add language stipulating that notice is provided only once per term by the Leadership Development Specialist in consultation with the division president or next ranking active officer. ","July 16, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-07-17","P&P Manual (in its entirety)","Updated references of \"Executive Officer Coordinator\" to \"Leadership Development Specialist\" due to job title change.","July 16, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-10-17","P&P Support Groups, Article IV, Section B.1","Remove BPA/Career Education Club of Florida representative and add one middle level representative.","August 31, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-10-17","P&P Support Groups, Article IV, Section B.2","Update to more clearly define the major responsibility of the State Advisor board representatives","August 31, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-10-17","P&P Support Groups, Article IV, Section E.2","Add middle level representation and change the word \"may\" to \"shall\", indicating that a meeting of SAAC is required at NLC.","August 31, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-10-17","P&P Support Groups, Article IV, Section E.2","Add language authorizing monthly meetings of SAAC.","August 31, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-10-17","P&P Support Groups, Article IV, Section H.1","Change amendment authorization from only occuring at summer meeting to any official SAAC business meeting.","August 31, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-10-17","P&P Support Groups, Article IV, Section I.","Change committee establishment to include SAAC in addition to the Chair.","August 31, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2023-12-14","P&P NLC, Article XI., Section D., Subsection 1.b","Add \"A campaign rally will only be held if a primary election is necessary.\" to the Secondary division officer election campaign procedures.","July 2023 Growth & Development Summit BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2023-12-14","P&P NLC, Article XI., Section D., Subsection 2.b","Add \"A campaign rally will only be held if a primary election is necessary.\" to the Post-secondary division officer election campaign procedures.","July 2023 Growth & Development Summit BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2023-12-14","P&P Secondary Division, Article II. Dues","Add \"A minimum of three (3) student members is required to form a chapter within the Secondary division of Business Professionals of America.\"","August 22, 2023 BOT Email Vote","Jonathan Smith"]
["2023-12-14","P&P Middle Level Division, Article II. Dues","Add \"A minimum of three (3) student members is required to form a chapter within the Middle Level division of Business Professionals of America.\"","August 22, 2023 BOT Email Vote","Jonathan Smith"]
["2023-12-14","P&P Post-secondary Division, Article II. Dues","Add \"A minimum of three (3) student members is required to form a chapter within the Post-secondary division of Business Professionals of America.\"","August 22, 2023 BOT Email Vote","Jonathan Smith"]
["2023-12-14","P&P Board of Trustees/Corporate Policies and Procedures, Article VIII. E-mail Voting","Changed method of voting from \"e-mail\" to \"electronic\", with update to voting timeline and minimum length of time for voting from five (5) business days to two (2) business days.","September 11, 2023 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-05-07","P&P NLC, Article VIII. Grievance Committee","Change the grievance submission process whereby only state advisors and conference staff may submit official grievances; students and chapter advisors must first express complaints to competitive events or conference headquarters before asking to file grievance. Removed current executive officers from grievance committee for competitive events and conference related grievances.","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-05-07","P&P Appendix I. National Grievance Form","Update National Grievance Form to reflect change in policy.","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-05-07","P&P NLC, Article IX. Workplace Skills Assessment Program","Change the submission deadline for proposed virtual events and further define the process and timeline for implementing any new competitive event.","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-05-07","P&P NLC, Article XIV. Specifications for Appropriate Dress","Update the National Leadership Conference dress code policy.","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-05-07","P&P Middle Level Division, Article VI. WSAP Events available to the Middle Level Division","Removed article in it's entirety. No other divisional P&P lists competitive event names, and keeping would require frequent and updates to this document.","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-05-07","P&P NLC, Article XIII. Member Code of Conduct and Ethics","Change code of ethics for gender neutrality and place responsibility of hotel guest room assignments to the chapter/school district. Also revise grievance committee composition and give executive director and/or board chair autonomy to expel attendee from event should attendee be accused of an egregious act. ","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-10-01","P&P Financial Structure and Related Activities, Article I. Section B. Procedures","Add language regarding the procurement of alcohol.","September 10, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2025-07-17","BOT/Corporate P&P, V.D. 1.","Added \"Proxy votes may only be assigned to current voting members.\"","July 17, 2025 BOT Minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-07-17","Support Groups P&P, C. 1.","Added \"or a retired educator within three (3) years of retirement.","July 17, 2025 BOT Minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-07-17","Financial Structure & Related Activities, II. C. new 2.","Added language from Code of Regulations, \"At least every five years or whenever there is a change in employment of either the Executive Director or Director of Finance the organization will obtain a full audit, under U.S. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, of the organization’s annual financial statements by a Certified Public Accountant. In the years not audited, the organization will obtain a review, in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services promulgated by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the AICPA, of the organization’s annual financial statements by a Certified Public Accountant. The Board of Trustees may also, at their discretion, vote to require an audit at any time.\"","July 17, 2025 BOT Minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-07-17","Financial Structure & Related Activities, III. new F.","Added F. Financial Reserve as a new section from the Code of Regulations.","July 17, 2025 BOT Minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-07-17","P&P NLC, XI.D.1.b.1 & XI.D.2.b.1.","Substituted \"A campaign rally will only be held if a primary election is necessary.\" with \"A campaign rally will always be held.\"","July 17, 2025 BOT Minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-07-17","P&P NLC, XI.F.1.j.","Added \"This interview will take place virtually prior to NLC.\"","July 17, 2025 BOT Minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-07-17","P&P NLC, XIII. new last two bullets","added \"Participants must not attempt to access, solicit, or share any personal contact information (e.g., phone numbers, home addresses, personal emails) of contest administrators, proctors, graders, or judges.\" and \"Pin trading should be voluntary and reflect the spirit of camaraderie. All trades must be made in good faith. Aggressive behavior, harassment, or pressuring others to trade is strictly prohibited. Pin trading is not a commercial activity.\"","July 17, 2025 BOT Minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, III. C.Immediate Past Board Chair","Removed to align with Code of Regulations ","May 11, 2025 Corporate Minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Table of Contents","updated with heading styles to allow for automatic updates","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Chair of the Board (of Trustees)","changed all references to Board Chair for consistency","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, III. Nomination/Election Criteria","Substituted A. and B. with current Code of Regulations language","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, III. C. At-large Member","Updated language to correlate with\" current career pathways and/or competitive event areas as defined in the WSAP.\" Replaced \" At-large members must be employed in a position directly related to business, information technology, and/or office occupations education or Business Professionals of America. This shall include: teaching at any level; local supervisors of business, information technology, and office occupations; Business Professionals of America state sponsors, state advisors, executive secretaries; Alumni members employed in a business occupation; and representatives of business and/or service industries. The at-large members should be employed in a Business Professionals of America affiliated state unless place of employment is changed after election.\" with \"At-large members must be current, dues-paid members of Business Professionals of America and must be employed in a position directly related to one or more of Business Professionals of America’s current career pathways and/or competitive event areas as defined in the Workplace Skills Assessment Program (WSAP). This includes but is not limited to: individuals teaching at any level; local supervisors of business, information technology, or office occupations; state sponsors, state advisors, and executive secretaries; alumni members employed in a business-related occupation; and representatives from business and/or service industries.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, III. C.Advisor definitions","Changed language to include \"currently teaching in a field aligned with one or more of Business Professionals of America’s official Career Pathways and/or competitive event areas\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, III. C. State suprvisor","Updated language from \"Any state officer in business education, information technology, and/or office education and/or the person designated by the career and technical education division of the state department of education or state board of career and technical education.\" to \"The individual designated by the state’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) authority—typically within the State Department of Education or equivalent state agency—to oversee Business Professionals of America (BPA) as part of the state’s CTE program.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, III. D. Term of Office","Updated with language from Code of Regulations","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, III. E. F. and IV","Added new language/sections from Code of Regulations","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, VI. A. 1.","Changed \"double\" to \"single\" occupancy","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, VI. B. 2. and Support Groups P&P, II. CEAC, G.1.b.","Changed cost of meals from max of \"$50\" to \"$70\"; breakfast \"$10\" to \"$15\"; lunch  \"$15\" to \"$20\"; and dinner \"$25\" to \"$35\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, VI. B. 8. and Support Groups P&P, II. CEAC, G.1.c.","Changed \"45\" days to \"30\" days","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, VII, A.2.c.","Removed \"and Executive Director\" after Board of Trustes","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, VII, B.1.a.","Updated language to align with Code of Regulations","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, VII, C.6.","Clarified Programs Committee responsibilities; expanded BPA Cares awards to include all professional awards (instead of only the HOF and Outstanding Service awards) that are presented for BOT approval; added languae to clarify WSAP designated representative and added \"All recommendations shall support alignment with current industry standards, certifications, and workplace relevance.\" Clarified Certification evaluation to be the current Student and Advisor Certification Series; removed bullet regarding NLC - review evaluations of national conferences and submit recommendations of changes to the national center staff for feasibility study (NLC site selection*); updated Leadership Program bullet from \"review and recommend methods to enhance systems to increase the leadership component of the association.\" to \"Review and recommend strategies to strengthen and expand the association’s leadership development opportunities.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, VII, C.7.","Changed last sentence to align with Code of Regulations","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","BOT/Corporate P&P, IX.C. ","Substituted entire section with new language that correlates with RONR","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, I. Executive Director","Added \"in collaboration with the Director of Education and Professional Learning\" to F.; removed H. Submit a written quarterly report to the Board of Trustees; removed I. Submit a monthly summary report to state advisors of BPA activities which includes but is not limited to membership statistics, conference information/updates, summary of Board actions, National Center updates, financial information, new programs, etc.","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, II. CEAC, B. 1.","Expanded and clarified language","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, II. CEAC, B. 4.","a. added language to include manuals and related resources; removed c.\" Develop and update the guidelines for authors, auditors, administrators, proctors and judges.\" and e. \"Review input gathered via the recommendation forms to determine the necessary course of action to be taken for each Workplace Skills Assessment related item.' Added \"Under the guidance of the Director of Education and Professional Learning\" to new c.; added \"Proctor, and Grading\" to f.4. and new 5. \"Computer Lab and Certification Labs\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Director of Education","Updated all references to \"Director of Education and Professional Learning\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, II. CEAC, C. 3.","Substituted \"The membership of CEAC shall consist of one middle level, one secondary and one post-secondary representative from each affiliated state. If a state association does not have representation in a division, they may choose to send a representative from a different division to fulfill their three (3) positions. The method of selection shall be determined by each State Association\" with \"The representative shall be recognized by the Board of Trustees for membership on CEAC. The voting membership of CEAC shall consist of three (3) representatives from each affiliated state—one middle level, one secondary, and one postsecondary. If a state association does not have representation in a division, it may appoint a voting representative from a different division to fulfill its three (3) positions. The method of selection shall be determined by each State Association. The representative shall be recognized by the Board of Trustees for membership on CEAC. If a state does not fill their three (3) voting representative positions, the Executive Director may, at his/her discretion and subject to the approved annual summer meeting budget, reallocate the unused national-funded housing and meal benefits to non-voting support attendees from other states.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, II. CEAC, F.2. d. and f.","Removed d. \"Be a member of all subcommittees\" and f. \"Meet with the Director of Education to review final versions of assessments\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, II. CEAC, F.3.d.","Removed d.\"Assist in the gathering and preparation of resources for CEAC meetings\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, II. CEAC, G.1.a. and b.","changed \"three (3) nights\" for lodging to comply with summer meeting agenda","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, II. CEAC, H.2.","changed \"Each member shall have one vote.\" to clarify \"Each state association receives one vote per division. Each state association shall not receive more than three (3) votes. The voting membership of CEAC shall consist of three (3) representatives from each affiliated state—one middle level, one secondary, and one postsecondary. If a state association does not have representation in a division, it may appoint a voting representative from a different division to fulfill its three (3) positions.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, III, NBAC, E.","changed \"two\" to \"one\" for term limit","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, III, NBAC, G. Meetings","added \"assigned at the discretion of the Executive Director\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P, III, NBAC, I.2.","changed \"NBAC shall be responsible for determining an annual\" to \"The designated staff liaison shall be responsible for determining an annual NBAC\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P,IV. SAAC, A.5.","Removed 5.\"Provide written evaluations of the National Leadership Conference along with suggestions for improvement to the national staff and a copy to the Board of Trustees.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P,IV. SAAC, B.3.","changed \"state supervisor\" to \"State Department of Education\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P,IV. SAAC, B.4.","changed to clarify \"The individual serving in the most senior State Advisor board position will serve as the primary SAAC liaison to the Board of Trustees.\" to \"The State Advisor currently serving the longest continuous term on the Board of Trustees shall serve as the primary SAAC liaison to the Board of Trustees.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P,IV. SAAC, B.","added \"Alumni, NBAC, or\" before CEAC","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P,IV. SAAC,D.1.c.","removed \"Confer with the Director of Strategic Programs and Experiences to bring the updated State Advisor Planning Guide to the Summer Meeting for distribution.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P,IV. SAAC,D.4.","changed \"liaison\" to \"Representative\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Support Groups P&P,IV. SAAC,E.3.","added \"If official business is to be transacted, the notice must be sent at least five (5) business days in advance and list the specific items of business.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Financial Structure & Related Activities, I. A. new 3.","added \"By the 15th of each month, the Director of Finance will deliver the previous month’s financial statements to the Executive Director, the Board Treasurer, and the Board Chair\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Financial Structure & Related Activities, I. B. 1.","changed \"provided\" to \"distributed\" and \"fifteen (15)\" to \"seven (7)\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Financial Structure & Related Activities, I. C. 3.","substituted \"Income received from joint activities with other nonprofit organizations shall not exceed expenses incurred.\" with \"Joint activities with other nonprofit organizations should be budgeted to at least break even and must include full cost recovery (direct and indirect). Net proceeds, if realized, shall be used solely for exempt purposes.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Financial Structure & Related Activities, I. D. 2.","added \"National Executive Council\" before \"Officers\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Financial Structure & Related Activities, II.A.","added \"who may assign these duties to financial staff, including the Director of Finance\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Financial Structure & Related Activities, IV.G.","changed bulleted list of outdated resources available to general statement \"The National Center maintains an online Resource Library on the BPA website and member portal.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Financial Structure & Related Activities, IV.H.3.","Removed \"To use the BPA logo, mark and/or name of the organization on promotional items, such as clothing, accessories or other merchandise, prior permission must be obtained from the National Association.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Financial Structure & Related Activities, IV.I. Copyrighted Materials","Removed entire section, \"State Associations interested in distributing copyrighted publications not currently available in the desired quantity from the publication stock should discuss with the National Center the possibility of a printing based on the commitment to purchase all or a major quantity of the publication. The printer shall be selected by the National Center on a competitive basis and printing shall be done under agreement or contract and supervised by Business Professionals of America.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, IV.E.","Removed, E. \"A budget shall be established for official functions to cover expenses such as the Honors Reception. The appropriate Chair shall be notified by the National Center of the amount at least thirty (30) days prior to the NLC.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, V.4.a.","changed \"Be an active (as referred to in membership classification of constitution) member of the Business Professionals of America Alumni Division and be actively involved in the NLC in a manner that is purposefully planned by the Business Professionals of America alumni member.\" to \"Be a member of the Alumni Division of Business Professionals of America and be actively involved in the NLC in a manner that is purposefully planned by the Business Professionals of America Alumni Division.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, VI.C.","removed, C. \"A state may request from the National Center the option to have conference registration submitted directly from the local chapter.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, VII.","removed \"When a Housing Bureau is processing conference room reservations\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, IX.C.","Replaced \"There shall be an orientation and instruction meeting held during the first day of the NLC for event administrators, proctors, and graders. They shall be: \" with \"An orientation and instruction meeting for event administrators, proctors, and graders shall be held on the first day of the NLC. Additionally, a virtual orientation option will be available prior to the start of the conference for all participants. Participants shall be:\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, IX.C.1.","Replaced, \"Reminded of the need for ethical actions involved with administering, proctoring, grading, and releasing information regarding the Workplace Skills Assessment Program activities.\" with \"Reminded of the ethical responsibilities involved in administering, proctoring, grading, and handling information related to Workplace Skills Assessment Program (WSAP) activities, including confidentiality and fairness.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, IX.C.2.","Replaced \"Supplied with copies of the Workplace Skills Assessment Program guidelines for the event with which they will be working.\" with \"Provided with the official WSAP guidelines specific to the event they are supporting, to ensure consistency and accuracy in the execution of their roles.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, IX.D.2.","Updated section to align with current procedures","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, IX.D.3.","replaced \" for virtual events and June 15 for all other events.\" with \" of the current membership year to be considered for pilot implementation in the following membership year.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, XIV.","Removed \"Adopted March 2024 and Revised May 7, 2024\" from bottom of the section","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P NLC, new XXI.","Added new XXI. NLC Exhibitor/Partner Vetting Policy","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","P&P Summer Meeting, III. C.","Removed \"C.\tLegitimate, authorized, expenditures for attendance at the Programs Committee meeting by the CEAC Chair and Chair-elect will be paid.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Misc Issues of the Organization, V.A.","Replaced \"It shall be the policy of Business Professionals of America to have representatives at Business Education, Information Technology, and Office Education related meetings such as ACTE and NBEA and applicable affiliates in order to carry on a public relations program beneficial to Business Professionals of America.\" with \"Participation in professional meetings, conferences, industry partnerships, workforce development events, and other opportunities aligned with organizational strategic initiatives shall be supported as budgeted in order to advance the mission and public relations of Business Professionals of America.\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Misc Issues of the Organization, VII.","Replaced section with updated social media policy ","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Misc Issues of the Organization, VIII.","updated case as needed throughout policy, added new bullet under first bulleted sction \"using Ai is permitted\" and added \"use of Ai and automated tools as a new bulleted section\"","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Misc Issues of the Organization, IX.","changed \"Technology\" to \"Technical\" for ACTE reference; removed NASDCTEC, NRCCTE, and NRCCUA references","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Appendix, II. Conflict of Interest Policy","Replaced Conflict of Interest Policy with new policy approved by BPA legal counsel and BOT","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Appendix, III. Statement of Disclosure Form","Added new form approved by BPA legal counsel and BOT","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2025-09-22","Appendix, IX. Volunteer Non-Disclosure Agreement","Added new agreement approved by BPA legal counsel and BOT","September 22, 2025 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]

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["Date","Reference","Edit","Rationale","Made By"]
["2018-08-20","Document","Separated into single document separate from one large combined one; updated index","Policy Committee recommendation","Athena Frank"]
["2018-09-30","Document","Remove references to Executive Committee ","Amendment - Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 13, 2018, Pages 6-8","Athena Frank"]
["2019-04-29","Art IV, Sect 2B Virtual Charters","Striking out the first sentence \"Virtual chapters may be established in an affiliated state or territory and the National level for Middle Level, Secondary, and Post-secondary Divisions.\" and inserting \"Either the national association and/or any chartered affiliated state or territory may establish a virtual chapter for middle level, secondary, and post-secondary divisions.\" ","Amendment - Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 14, 2017, Page 3","Diana Weber"]
["2019-04-29","Art IV, Sect 2B Virtual Charters","Section 2B, third sentence by striking out \"if\" and adding \"to\" and striking out \"does not meet the minimum membership requirements\".  \"Therefore, sentence three should read \"Corporate vote will not be awarded to the National Virtual Chapter.\" ","Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 14, 2017, Page 3 ","Diana Weber"]
["2019-04-29","Art. V, Sec. 5C Duties of the Secretary","Amend Article V, Section 5 A2 by:  1. Striking \"meetings,\" and inserting \"and\"; 2. Striking out \", and Executive Committee meetings;\"","Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 13, 2018, Page 5","Diana Weber"]
["2019-05-04","Cover","New logo added","May 30, 2019 BOT Minutes","Diana Weber"]
["2019-05-31","Artile VIII","Add: 7A. Advocacy Committee. The Advocacy Committee shall identify strategies, best practices, and actions regarding engaging with elected officials and community leaders at the federal, state, and local levels.","Amendment - Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 5, 2019, Page 3","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-11","Cover/footer","Changed \"updated\" to  \"amended\" date","Reflects latest amendmens","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","Cover","Removed \"Approved by the Board of Trustees\"","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","By-Laws (word usage with hyphen)","Removed hyphen throughout document","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2021-07-17","Document","Entire Code of Regulations document was reviewed and updated","Code of Regulations Committee proposed amendments to update the Code of Regulations.\nAnnual Corporate Meeting Minutes, July 17, 2021","Code of Regulations Committee"]
["2022-05-08","Entire document","Update all instances of \"National Officer\" to \"Executive Officer\"","May 8, 2022 Corporate Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-05-08","Article VI, Section 3.A","Clarify timeframe in which voting allocations are calculated for corporate meetings, including the annual and any special meetings.","May 8, 2022 Corporate Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-05-08","Article VII, Section 5.A","Change the start of divisional Presidents' ex-officio membership on the Board of Trustees to immediately following their election at NLC.","May 8, 2022 Corporate Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2023-12-18","Article IV, Section 1.C","Change the word \"national\" to \"executive\" in reference to a member serving in an officer role within the alumni division.","April 30, 2023 Corporate Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2023-12-18","Article IV, Section 1.D","Change the word \"national\" to \"executive\" in reference to a member not being eligible to serve in an officer role within any division.","April 30, 2023 Corporate Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]

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["Date","Reference","Edit","Rationale","Made By"]
["2018-08-20","Document","Separated into single document separate from one large combined one; updated index","Policy Committee recommendation","Athena Frank"]
["2019-05-04","Cover","New logo added","May 30, 2019 BOT Minutes","Diana Weber"]
["2019-06-11","Cover/footer","Changed \"updated\" to  \"revised\" date","indicates last revision date","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-25","Article X, Section 2","added \"is the shield\" between emblem and which","May 5, 2019 BOT Minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","Cover","Removed \"Approved by the Board of Trustees\"","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","By-Laws (word usage with hyphen)","Removed hyphen throughout document","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2021-04-28","Article IX","Added \"and the Alumni membership\"","April 28, 2021 BOT minutes","Athena Frank"]
["2021-08-31","Article V, Section 1","Added \"and Treasurer\" to the list of elected officers.","August 31, 2021 BOT minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-08-31","Article V, Section 5","Revised duties for the President, President-Elect, and Secretary. Added duties of the Treasurer.","August 31, 2021 BOT minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2021-08-31","Article V, Section 6","Added \"Executive Committee meetings\" and \"Special Meetings\" to the list of meetings the Alumni Board representative shall report at.","August 31, 2021 BOT minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-05-08","Alumni Bylaws, Article V, Section 2","Remove language referencing the National Leadership Conference specifically in regard to officer elections.","May 8, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-05-08","Alumni Bylaws, Article V, Section 5.B","Update responsibilities of President-elect.","May 8, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-05-08","Alumni Bylaws, Article VII, Section 1.A","Change ex-officio position of Finance Committee Chair to Treasurer.","May 8, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-05-08","Alumni Bylaws, Article V, 5.C","Update responsibilities of Secretary.","May 8, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-05-08","Alumni Bylaws, Article VI","Remove reference to summer/fall business meetings and renumber subsequent sections.","May 8, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-05-08","Alumni Bylaws, Article X","Remove Article X entirely, as it referenced unnecessary and outdated information that can be updated and housed in other documents. The items removed include a listing of the official colors, a reference to the BPA Emblem, and the Alumni tagline. Also renumbered subsequent articles.","May 8, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2022-05-08","Alumni Bylaws, Article VIII, Section 1.B","Redefine the purpose of the Bylaw Committee.","May 8, 2022 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-03-11","Alumni Bylaws, Article IV, Section 1.","Reword Section 1. Classes of Membership to clarify an alumni member's purpose, as well as state eligibility to serve on division's executive committee and as a division voting delegate.","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Patrick Schultz"]
["2024-03-11","Alumni Bylaws, Article IV, Section 3.","Reword Section 3. Members in Good Standing to clarify that members must be either dues paid or lifetime members, and that a division lifetime member must select the Alumni Division for their lifetime membership to be affiliated with. ","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Patrick Schultz"]
["2004-03-11","Alumni Bylaws, Article VII, Section 1.","Change Section 1. Composition to define voting versus non-voting members of the Executive Committee.","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Patrick Schultz"]
["2004-03-11","Alumni Bylaws, Article VIII, Section 1.A","Further define role of the Finance Committee to review all proposed expenditures and make recommendation to Executive Committee for final approval.","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Patrick Schultz"]
["2004-03-11","Alumni Bylaws, Article XI","Add defined process for the approval of amendments to the division bylaws. This change aligns with the amendment process of sister divisions.","March 11, 2024 BOT Minutes","Patrick Schultz"]
["2024-10-01","Alumni Bylaws, Article III. Federation","Remove \"or any granted honorary memberships\" from the definition of the Alumni Division.","September 10, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-10-01","Alumni Bylaws, Article IV. Membership","Remove \"by the Alumni Division and approved\" to clarify that it is only the Board of Trustees that establishes the division dues.","September 10, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-10-01","Alumni Bylaws, Article V. Officers","Add responsibility to the President whereby they hold the Corporate vote on behalf of the Alumni Division.","September 10, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-10-01","Alumni Bylaws, Article V. Officers","Remove \"Annual Business Meeting upon which new Officers are elected\" under President-elect to clarify that the President-elect will assume the office of President after the conclusion of NLC.","September 10, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]
["2024-10-01","Alumni Bylaws, Article V. Officers","Add language under Section 4. Vacancy of Office to clarify that the vacancy of President shall be filled by the President-elect in the capacity of \"acting President\" and will do so until the next election. ","September 10, 2024 BOT Minutes","Jonathan Smith"]

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["Date","Reference","Edit","Rationale","Made By"]
["2018-08-20","Document","Separated into single document separate from one large combined one; updated index","Policy Committee recommendation","Athena Frank"]
["2019-05-04","Cover","New logo added","May 30, 2019 BOT Minutes","Diana Weber"]
["2019-05-31","Article XI.  Logo and Colors, Section 2","Strike out \"logo\" and replace with \"shield\" to read \"The official Business Professionals of America emblem is the shield which represents the aims and objectives of the organization.","Amendment - Annual Corporate Meeting Minutes, May 5, 2019, Page 6","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-08","Cover","Changed By-Laws to Bylaws","consistent with document usage","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-11","Cover/footer","Changed \"updated\" to  \"amended\" date","Reflects latest amendmens","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","Cover","Removed \"Approved by the Board of Trustees\"","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","By-Laws (word usage with hyphen)","Removed hyphen throughout document","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]

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["Date","Reference","Edit","Rationale","Made By"]
["2018-08-20","Document","Separated into single document separate from one large combined one; updated index","Policy Committee recommendation","Athena Frank"]
["2019-05-04","Cover","New logo added","May 30, 2019 BOT Minutes","Diana Weber"]
["2019-06-11","Cover/footer","Changed \"updated\" to  \"amended\" date","Reflects latest amendmens","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","Cover","Removed \"Approved by the Board of Trustees\"","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","By-Laws (word usage with hyphen)","Removed hyphen throughout document","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2022-05-06","Article XII","Include Post-secondary membership in list of entities authorized to meet by electronic means.","May 6, 2022 Post-secondary Division Annual Business Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]

{"sheet":"Secondary","index":5,"n_rows":8,"n_cols":5,"rows_kept":8}
["Date","Reference","Edit","Rationale","Made By"]
["2018-08-20","Document","Separated into single document separate from one large combined one; updated index","Policy Committee recommendation","Athena Frank"]
["2019-05-04","Cover","New logo added","May 30, 2019 BOT Minutes","Diana Weber"]
["2019-06-11","Cover/footer","Changed \"updated\" to  \"amended\" date","Reflects latest amendmens","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-11","Cover","Changed By-Laws to Bylaws","consistent with document reference/usage","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","Cover","Removed \"Approved by the Board of Trustees\"","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2019-06-29","By-Laws (word usage with hyphen)","Removed hyphen throughout document","Re: 06/25/19 email Maurice Henderson","Athena Frank"]
["2022-05-06","Article XII","Include Secondary membership in list of entities authorized to meet by electronic means.","May 6, 2022 Secondary Division Annual Business Meeting","Jonathan Smith"]