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The National Congress of Parents and Teachers  is an educational organization that seeks to unite the forces of home, school, and            community in behalf of children and youth. IT'S OBJECTS ARE: To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community and place of worship; To raise the standards of home life; To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth; To bring into closer relation the home    and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth; and To develop between educators and the  general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the    highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.

To support and speak on behalf of all children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before governmental agencies and other organizations that make decisions affecting      children; To assist parents in developing the skills they need to nurture children; and To promote parent and public involvement in schools and communities. Adapted by the California State PTA Board of Managers, November 1974 Revised July 1992