CONSTITUTION OF THE ALASKA COUNCIL

FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN

ARTICLE I
NAME

                     The name of this organization shall be the ALASKA COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN

ARTICLE II

TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

    The Association shall operate for the benefit of educators and children throughout the State of Alaska.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSES

     This state unit shall be organized for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes to advance the education of children and youth with exceptionalities and to establish and administer programs and activities for the education of its members. Specifically, the state unit intends to assist and provide support to the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) in all its efforts on behalf of children and youth with exceptionalities, and to participate in all appropriate governance activities of CEC subject to the general supervision of CEC.

ARTICLE IV

AMENDMENTS

                     This Constitution may be adopted or amended by a vote of two-thirds (⅔) of the Board members present at any Board meeting, providing a quorum, and provided further that a copy of the proposed amendments shall have been made available to each member of the Association not less than thirty days prior to the meeting at which action is to be taken thereon, or shall be announced at a General Membership Meeting prior to the meeting at which action is to be taken.