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Organization
DECA Inc. is a nonpartisan, non–sectarian 501(c)(3) association
of students, teachers, and administrators and is recognized
and endorsed by all 50 state departments of education
and the U.S. Department of Education.
At the school level, DECA members form a chapter led by
a teacher or teachers called chapter advisors.
Chapters within a state, province or territory comprise
the State/Provincial Associations. State/Provincial associations
are chartered by DECA Inc. with authority to operate DECA
chapters in that state, province or territory. Charters
may be granted for the high school division, the college
division or both. Charter holders agree to follow DECA
Inc.’s Constitution and Bylaws. State departments
of education hold DECA Inc.’s charter for the high
school division in all 50 U.S. states. College charters
are held by either state departments of education or a
non-profit corporation.
Governance
Distributive Education Clubs of America Incorporated
(DECA Inc.)
DECA Inc. is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation,
headquartered in Reston, Virginia. DECA Inc. was founded
in 1946.
The full name, Distributive Education Clubs of America,
Incorporated, is the legal identity of the adult group
responsible for the student program. Its members consist
of those adults who have been named by the State/Provincial
Association, or the person designated by the State/Provincial
Association, in those states, territories or chartered
units affiliated with the student program. The primary
purpose of DECA, Incorporated is to serve as the sponsoring
agent for the student program known as the Distributive
Education Clubs of America.
The function of this corporation is to serve as the sponsoring
agency of the unincorporated youth organization bearing
the name Distributive Education Clubs of America, and
to assist the organization in carrying out the following
purposes:
• To assist State/Provincial Associations in the
growth and development of DECA;
• To further develop education in marketing
and distribution which will contribute to occupational
competence; and
• To promote understanding and appreciation
for the responsibilities of citizenship in our free, competitive,
enterprise system.
The members of this corporation are states, provinces,
territories, or equivalent geographic units that operate
DECA chapters with a minimum membership of fifty (50)
at the secondary or postsecondary level. Separate membership
(charters) may be awarded for the secondary and postsecondary
levels. They will be represented by those persons who
are officially designated by the chartered unit as responsible
for marketing education and/or DECA or their designee.
Eleven members who direct the affairs of the corporation
are the Board of Directors. Eight directors are members
with voting powers who shall be elected, two from each
region from the DECA Inc. representatives appointed by
the chartered units. The terms of the voting directors
shall be for three years each. One director with voting
rights shall be the chair of the National Advisory Board
and shall serve a two-year term. Two directors shall be
ex-officio (non-voting). The two ex-officio directors
shall be: (1) the Executive Director of the Corporation;
and (2) the Vice-President of the Marketing Education
Division of the Association of Career and Technology Educators.
A representative from the U.S. Department of Education
may be invited to serve the Board in a non-voting liaison
capacity.
Annual Report
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