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NABE Bylaws
Reflecting All Amendments through August 14, 2005

ARTICLE I. NAME
The name of the corporation shall be the National Association for Bilingual Education, hereinafter referred to as NABE or the Association.

ARTICLE II. PURPOSES
Section A. Eleemosynary. The Association is organized exclusively for educational purposes, including, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.

Section B. Educational Purposes. NABE’s educational purposes relate primarily to bilingual education and include:

(1) Recognizing, promoting and publicizing programs of excellence;
(2) Promoting efforts to assure equal educational opportunity;
(3) Promoting the provision of linguistically and culturally appropriate education services to children, youth, and adults;
(4) Promoting public understanding and appreciation of the linguistic and cultural needs of language-minority children, youth, and adults;
(5) Promoting development of standards of professional excellence;
(6) Conducting educational workshops and conferences;
(7) Encouraging research and publications;
(8) Promoting the inclusion of language-minority students in assessment systems which, to the extent practicable, assess students in a language and form most likely to yield accurate and reliable information; and
(9) Serving as an advocate for language-minority children and families.

Section C. Prohibition. No substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation (except as otherwise permitted by Sec. 501(h) of the Internal Revenue Code), and the corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.

Section D. Compliance with IRS . Notwithstanding any other provision of these bylaws, NABE shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (1) by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or (2) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.

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