ARTICLE 27
Education Department
Section 1. Education shall be a mandatory part of the business of the International Union and of each Local Union, particularly education in labor history, labor problems, the objectives of the International Union and the problems of the International Union, its members and their families.
Section 2. The International President shall appoint an Education Director over the Education Department, and such appointment shall be subject to approval of the International Executive Board.
Section 3. Four cents (.04) per month per dues paying member of the per capita forwarded to the International Union by Local Unions shall be used as the Educational and Recreational-Leisure Time Activities Fund of the International Union, as provided in this Constitution.
Section 4. Three cents (.03) of such per capita tax shall be used for educational purposes and one cent (.01) shall be used for recreation-leisure time activities.
Section 5. It shall be mandatory that each Local Union set up an Education Committee. The duties of this Committee shall be to promote all branches of education affecting the welfare of the individual members, the Local Union, the International Union, and the labor movement. It shall be the duty of the Regional Director to see that this provision of the Constitution is carried out.
Section 6. There shall be established educational areas throughout the International Union to which educational representatives shall be assigned. These educational representatives shall be appointed by the President to work under the direction of the International Education Director, and such appointments shall be approved by the Regional Director(s) in whose area(s) they shall serve.