Here’s how Be It Resolved works:

1. You are encouraged to submit suggested policy positions to the committee chair at any time. Those received by the annual deadline (early each January for the spring vote) will be considered for inclusion on the ballot of the spring national election. Those received after the deadline will be considered for the following spring.
   

2. All suggestions will be reviewed by the resolutions committee and the board of directors. In the future we hope to be able to entertain suggestions at the state level, but for now we must limit ourselves to national issues.
   

3. Suggested policy positions need not be polished. If the committee and board both judge that a suggested position should be put to a vote by the members, they will put it into a common format before placing it on the ballot.
   

4. Suggested policy positions need not be original or unique. Excellent sources of sound, well worded resolutions are the Web sites of other organizations who have adopted policy positions. There is little value in being unique, and much value in standing with others whom you respect.
   

5. Resolutions that receive a majority Yes votes in the spring election will become official PLT policy and will be posted on the Web along with a statement of the percent voting Yes. PLT itself does not engage directly in advocacy, but PLT strongly encourages you to do so as an individual. Statements of national policy by the oldest and most selective national professional honor society of educators can be powerful anchors to your individual advocacy efforts.
   

6. Adopted resolutions will be put to a vote in each subsequent annual election until they are withdrawn by the committee or board, or defeated by the members.