Student Affiliate Membership    

  1. Deadline

    • October 1 to have dues paid without additional penalty. State dues are $7 if paid by October 1, and $8 after that date. Check with your local Student Affiliate Chair for local fees which are added to these amounts.
    • March 31—Last day for Student Affiliate Enrollment for the year.

  2. Eligibility

    1. A student in grades 1 through Post-12 may participate in Student Affiliate activities if the student is studying with a teacher who is a member of the Texas Music Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association.
    2. Membership of both teachers and Student Affiliates must be in good standing with dues paid.
    3. Student membership is counted only once for state purposes and is listed with the primary association.
    4. Primary membership must be designated at the time of registration for the current year.
    5. A student is not required to take the theory test in more than one local association.
    6. A nonmember teacher may pay a fee of $100 to enter one or more students in Student Affiliate activities. Event fees for students of nonmember teachers are double and listed with each activity, preceded by the symbol.

  3. Classifications

    1. TMTA-SA Grades 1-12: A student who is in school grades 1-12 and studying with a TMTA member.
    2. TMTA-SA Post-12: A high school graduate, high school graduate equivalent, or collegiate student. A student should review the age requirements in this handbook for each activity.
    3. MTNA/TMTA-SA Collegiate: Persons who are members of an organized, chartered, and affiliated student chapter. For competitions, MTNA Collegiate Chapter Members should review the age requirements of each activity in this handbook. College chapters may be formed through MTNA. See www.mtna.org for information. The SA membership registration form is to be prepared by the chapter sponsor.

  4. Membership Policies

    1. A student may be counted as a TMTA-SA (state level student affiliate member) only once each year. The teacher must designate the local association of each student when the student is enrolled in TMTA-SA for the year. A student may have as many local Student Affiliate memberships as the teacher has local association memberships.
    2. A student may take the Theory Test in any local association for the purpose of Theory Eligibility. The student must designate the TMTA-SA membership association when the student registers for each theory test. Also, the student must identify the local association in which he took the theory test on all applications requiring theory eligibility. A student’s testing in an association of which he/she is not a member may require the payment of a local non-member participation fee. A student may take the theory test in only one local association per testing period.
    3. A student may participate in any TMTA or Local Student Affiliate event in any local association, however, if a student participates in event in an association in which he does not hold Student Affiliate Membership, and/or of which his teacher is not a member, additional local non-member fees may apply.
    4. MTNA Collegiate Chapter Members do not pay TMTA-SA Dues, but all members of a Collegiate Chapter may be counted as Student Affiliate Members of a local Association. The TMTA Office must be notified in writing by the Collegiate Chapter Advisor, with cc to the local SA Chairman of the local affiliation of any Collegiate Chapter. Collegiate Chapter Members may hold TMTA-SA Membership with only one local association. No Collegiate Chapter Members will be counted as members of a local student affiliate after March 31.

  5. Student Affiliate Dues

    1. The annual state dues are $7 for each student, grades 1-12 and Post-12, if postmarked to the TMTA Office by October 1, and $8 after that date. Many associations add a local SA fee to these amounts; check with your local Student Affiliate Chair.
    2. The enrollment must be postmarked to the Office prior to the student(s) being registered for the applicable event.
    3. If the TMTA Office discovers an error in enrollment, the office will send notification and request for payment to the Local Student Affiliate Chairman via certified mail, with carbon copy via regular mail to the Local President and Treasurer.
    4. A statement for $8 SA Dues per student involved, plus one $15 processing fee per teacher will be contained in the certified letter.
    5. The certified letter will specify a postmark deadline of a fourteen day "grace period" for receipt of SA dues plus the processing fee. If the postmark date on these fee is not on or before the specified deadline, then the fees and fines in paragraph 6 below must be paid before students are enrolled.
    6. Any student of a TMTA teacher who participates in a Student Affiliate activity prior to enrolling as an SA member will be assessed a $15 processing fee in addition to the student’s $8 late dues amount. The teacher will be also be assessed a $50 fine per activity for each student or group of students not enrolled. No score or record of participation will be entered in state records until dues and fees have been received.
    7. MTNA/TMTA-SA members do not pay TMTA-SA dues. They shall pay only MTNA and local chapter and/or local association dues. MTNA dues information may be found at www.mtna.org.

  6. Enrollment Periods

    1. Standard enrollment: Postmarked to the state office by October 1.
    2. Late enrollment period 1: October 2 - 10. Local associations may submit late enrollments three times during this enrollment period.
    3. Late enrollment period 2: November 16 - January 10. Local associations may submit late enrollments three times during this enrollment period.
    4. Late enrollment period 3: February 16 - March 1. Local associations may submit late enrollments only once during this enrollment period.

  7. Registration

    1. Registration forms for new teachers are available online. Each local association SA Chair will receive the association’s teachers’ re-enrollment forms in the mail or via e-mail Registration forms for new teachers are available online. Each local association SA Chair will receive the association’s teachers’ re-enrollment forms in the mail.
    2. The completed forms and a single check payable to TMTA from the local association are to be submitted to the TMTA office by the local SA Chair.
    3. Students are enrolled according to school grade level. Students of any age who have graduated from high school should be listed as "grade 13" indicating "Post-12".
    4. In the case of home-school students or pilot-school programs, teachers must declare an enrollment grade level at the time of registration.
    5. Any change of student grade level within the year must be reported to the local SA Chair and the TMTA office.
    6. No memberships will be accepted after March 31.

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