The organizations complement each other in significant ways. PPS is community-based with an emphasis on public school recruitment and district level parent involvement.
Membership is open to any person or organization who supports our goals.
However, Parents for Public Schools does represent an autonomous parent voice, a voice that is often unequally represented in public discussions. Mutual support and individual testimony of public school parents are especially powerful tools in convincing other parents to register their children in public schools, but all PPS members can effectively encourage enrollment, involvement, and improvement. There is no initial incorporation fee payable to Parents for Public Schools, though your state may require a filing fee for incorporation. The largest cost is time - your group will need to complete an application for chapter status and submit it to the national office. As you are organizing a chapter, you can make use of all services available to an incorporated chapter once you have submitted an application and received a Letter of Agreement executed by chapter and PPS National.