Maryland Associationof Student Councils
Give your school's delegates the chance to attend MASC events and benefit from MASC's leadership, advocacy, and communication activities! Join Now
Maryland AssociationGive your school's delegates the chance to attend MASC events and benefit from MASC's leadership, advocacy, and communication activities! Join Now
MASC is excited to introduce our latest member resource, the MASC Map (currently being updated for 2022-2023) In the form of an engaging road map, this hyperlinked PDF includes everything one might need to kick start their MASC journey.
School Membership is for public, private, or charter secondary school student governments or councils Dues are based on the school’s enrollment (see chart below).
We encourage applying for membership when membership opens in September each year. The application process for MASC membership is exclusively online. A school advisor or administrator should click on the appropriate link below to be taken to the online application to begin the process. After entering pertinent information on that form, it is then submitted electronically. An email acknowledging receipt of the application will be sent immediately. It will also send additional instructions to complete the process.
The Maryland Association of Student Councils (a 501c3 non-profit) is an organization of school (public, private, or charter) student councils MASC officers and appointed staff are required to be from a MASC member school. MASC asks for the new school year that their respective school student councils join MASC before November 1st each year.
Reasons to join MASC (ReasonsToJoinMASC)A Principal’s Perspective: Howard County Principal’s Support of Student Council (pdf file)
School Membership dues are as follows:2022-2023 Dues Chart below The MASC Board of Directors sets the membership dues yearly. If any school has a financial hardship in paying dues, please reach out to Nicete.Moodie@mdstudentscouncils.org and Karen.Crawford@mdstudentcouncils.org)
| School Enrollment | Votes | Membership Dues | Dues (Greater than 60% of students eligible for FARMS) |
| 0 – 400 | 5 | $75 | $60 |
| 401 – 800 | 6 | $85 | $65 |
| 801 – 1200 | 7 | $95 | $70 |
| 1201 – 1600 | 8 | $105 | $75 |
| 1601 – 2000 | 9 | $115 | $80 |
| 2001 – 2500 | 10 | $125 | $85 |
| 2501 – 3000 | 11 | $135 | $90 |
| 3000+ | 12 | $145 | $95 |
*FARMS= Students who receive Free and Reduced Meals (based on the previous year) – This link is to a PDF file in a Google drive. Some school systems may block access. Consider using a personal devise not on a school internet system to access this file.
APPLICATIONSThe school year 2022-2023 membership applications will open on September 1, 2022.
(Complete membership includes the principal signed school invoice and payment via school check or credit card)