The purpose of the council is to bring together all the partners in education. The council is at the center of the communications network consisting of the National PTA, New York State PTA, the Region PTA, local PTA units, school board, school district superintendent, administration, parents, teachers, business and non-parent community and children.
Through council programs, meetings and publications, a council can instruct, challenge and influence its key audiences to action by promoting welfare of children and youth.
The council’s main purpose is to promote the welfare of children and youth. Its role is to inform, advise, guide, instruct and encourage the leaders of local units and to be responsive to their needs for conferences, leadership training and coordination of efforts of the member PTAs.