CTA chapters in districts operating site-based decision making (SBDM) programs should make every effort to ensure adherence, at a minimum, to the following principles and standards:

1. All SBDM council members should be elected from and by a specific constituency. No ad hoc, informal group without a specific constituency should be permitted to exercise any of the rights or prerogatives of an SBDM council.

2. All SBDM council members should be elected to a specific term of office.

3. SBDM council members should have a set of responsibilities and authority that are clearly defined.

4. One of the responsibilities of the Association representative at the site should be to serve as a member of the SBDM council.

5. A majority (fifty percent plus one) of the SBDM council should be composed of classroom teachers.

6. Certificated members of the SBDM council should be provided with training in the responsibilities, authority, and function of the council.

7. Released time or extra pay should be provided to certificated SBDM council members both for training and for council meetings.

8. The integrity of the Association’s contract should be guaranteed both at the site level and throughout the district. Authority to waive contractual provisions, at the site or district level, should clearly be vested in the Association.

9. A mechanism should be established for the recall of SBDM members by their constituents.

10. In districts that operate on year-round schedules, a mechanism should be established for enfranchising "off-track" teachers and ensuring their participation in the SBDM Program.