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A. The College Board is a membership corporation chartered by the New York Board of Regents under the New York Education Law. The members of the Corporation are institutions, systems, organizations and agencies engaged in or serving higher or secondary education and working together to support preparation for and transitions to higher education.

B. The multiple categories of membership hitherto defined by the Bylaws (permanent, affiliated, temporary) are hereby superseded in favor of the single category "member".

C. The following shall automatically become members of the College Board (unless the Secretary has been notified that membership is not desired):

1. Current members presently holding or eligible for permanent membership in the College Board;
2. Current affiliated members whose work is deemed by the Committee on Membership to further the purposes of the College Board.

D. New members shall be elected on application to the President and recommendation of the Board of Trustees by a majority vote of the members at a meeting.

E. To be eligible for election:

1. Institutions of higher education and secondary schools must be appropriately accredited and make regular and substantial use of one or more College Board programs.
2. Systems of institutions of higher education and secondary school systems of substantial size must have demonstrated an interest in and support for the work of the College Board, must agree to permit individual institutions within the system to be members of the College Board, and must contain within the system institutions eligible for membership in the Board.
3. Non-profit educational associations, organizations and agencies serving higher education, secondary education or higher and secondary education, must be engaged in activity in furtherance of education that has a special relevancy to the purposes of the College Board.

F. Subject to the right of an educational institution to define its mission in terms of educating persons of the same sex or of a particular religious faith, so long as such standards are fairly applied, it is the responsibility of the members of the College Board to have neither a policy nor a practice that denies admission or financial aid to any student on the basis of race, religion, creed, national origin, age, or sex. The faithful discharge of that responsibility is a condition of eligibility for membership.

G. The membership of any member may be terminated at any time by the submission of its resignation in writing to the President or, on the recommendation of the Board of Trustees, by a two-thirds vote of the members at a meeting. Such membership shall terminate automatically if the conditions of eligibility cease to exist and may be terminated by the Board of Trustees on a finding that the member was ineligible at the time of election.

H. The Trustees shall establish a Committee on Membership to deal with issues relating to membership and shall authorize the Committee to interpret and apply the criteria of eligibility for membership set forth in this Article.