MMEA BYLAWS
(revised 2007)
RULES COMMON TO ALL MMEA SPONSORED STATE EVENTS
1. All participating schools must have an institutional number or pay a $50 participation fee for
each state MMEA sponsored
event.
2. All state MMEA sponsored events, including but not limited to auditions and festivals, shall be
NO PAY/NO PLAY.
3. All participating students must be chaperoned by their music director or duly appointed adult
representative. Only an adult chaperone may register students at any event site. Unchaperoned
students shall not be allowed to participate.
4. Except for participants in Solo & Ensemble, all participating students must be considered by
their sponsoring music teacher to be in good standing in their local school music program.
5. Students who have not upheld the rules and regulations from the previous yearʼs event shall be
disqualified from participating in the following yearʼs event. The event chairman will notify the
President-Elect of students who are disqualified.
6. All students must be in attendance for all BOCJ rehearsals and activities.
7. Consumption or possession of tobacco, intoxicating beverages or drugs, by students, at any
time or anywhere during the event is cause for immediate dismissal.
8. Students are expected to cooperate with the event Host and conform to all regulations estab-
lished by the eventʼs committee.
ARTICLE 1 – DUES and FEES
Section 1 - ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP DUES - Dues for active membership in the MMEA shall be the MENC fee plus
the state assessment of $20 (twenty dollars) for the fiscal year. These dues include full active membership in both
MMEA and MENC plus a subscription to the Music Educator’s Journal and the Teaching Music periodical. FOR
FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS, half of the membership dues will be paid by MMEA as an incentive for new teachers to
join MMEA.
Section 2 - STUDENT MEMBERSHIP DUES - Dues for active Student Membership in the MMEA shall be a basic
fee of $10 (ten dollars) paid to MENC and dues set by local chapters. Student Members also receive a subscription to
the Music Educator’s Journal and the Teaching Music periodicals.
Section 3 - MMEA SCHOOL INSTITUTIONAL FEE –(MOVED FROM CONSTITUTION: ARTICLE II) - Any
school system or district under one administrator that wishes to have students participate in MMEA-sponsored activities
on state, regional, or district levels must obtain an Institutional Membership and pay the prescribed fee. Administration
is defined by the Maine Music Educators Association as those administrative units recognized by the Maine Depart-
ment of Education in the latest edition of the Maine Educational Directory (“Moose Book”). A fee of 5 (five) cents per
student enrolled in the school administrative unit should be paid by each school administrative unit by September 1 of
each school year for eligibility of participation in Maine Music Educators Association sponsored events with a mini-
mum fee of $50.00 and a maximum fee of $150.00. This fee should be paid to the Maine Music Educators Association
Assistant Treasurer and should not be confused with individual festival fees. In lieu of this fee, a charge of $50 (fifty
dollars) must be paid to the Maine Music Educators Association at each sponsored event in which a school district
wishes to participate.
Maine Music Educators Association sponsored events are:
All-State BOC Auditions
All-State BOC Festival
Jazz All-State Auditions
Jazz All-State Festival
Solo and Ensemble Festival
Large Group Ensemble Festival
Junior High/Middle School Instrumental Jazz Festival
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