TNTESOL - Tennessee ESL Associations

Tennessee TESOL is a professional, non-profit association whose purposes are to promote scholarship, to disseminate information, to strengthen at all levels instruction and research in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages or dialects, to advocate for and support local, state, and national initiatives that will assure access to educational programs for students learning English as an additional language, and to cooperate in appropriate ways with other groups having similar concerns. (Amended 3.5.2010)

This Association is organized exclusively for educational purposes, including the making of distributions to an organization that qualifies as exempt under Section 501 {c} {1} of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or corresponding provision of any future United States Revenue Law).

Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, the Association shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by an organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501 {c} {3} of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Revenue Law).

All monies of the organization shall be disbursed only in the support of the purposes of this organization and shall not be disbursed to any member of the organization for his or her own private gain.

Monies may be disbursed only with the approval of the Board of Directors and/or of a majority of members in good standing at a business meeting.

Jason Groppel 2013
Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools
jason.groppel@cmcss.net