Legislative Committee Mission, Duties, and time/travel expectations
The TASPA President-Elect shall be the Board Liaison to the Legislative Committee. There are two key responsibilities of the Legislative Committee: 1) to inform the Executive Director and TASPA members of pending legislative initiatives impacting Texas schools, and 2) to represent the TASPA membership before the legislature by providing written or oral testimony as needed, in concert with the TASPA Executive Director and the Legislative Committee Chair.

In years when the Texas Legislature is not in session, Legislative Committee Members shall work with the Committee Chair to develop a legislative action plan that will allow for the optimum performance of human resource departments in Texas Public Schools, identifying key issues of concern that can be addressed legislatively. In addition to the committee meetings at the Annual Summer and Winter Conferences, the committee may meet at additional times as recommended by the Committee Chair, and with approval for travel expenses by the TASPA President, or they may conduct their committee work on-line insofar as possible.

In years when the Texas Legislature is in session, Legislative Committee Members shall work with the Committee Chair and the Executive Director to ensure timely and prompt feedback is provided to present at testimony hearings of specific bills affecting human resources in public schools. These communications may be conducted on-line or by telephone insofar as possible, although travel to Austin to testify in person on key HR bills can be expected.

The Chair of the Legislative Committee, and ideally all the committee members, need to have strong district support in participating in this committee, as travel requirements to Austin from January to June can be high depending on the level of concern of bills impacting Human resources in Public Schools.

The Committee shall also review and recommend to the Executive Board, prior to its Annual December meeting, any additions, deletions and revisions addressing the committee's stated purpose and operational procedures.

Nominations Committee
The TASPA President-Elect shall be the Board Liaison to the Nominations Committee. The committee shall solicit nominations for TASPA Secretary, for TASPA District Representative for any district for which the current three-year term is expiring, and for any other Executive Board vacancies that may have occurred from a board member retiring, change of job role, or other circumstances for which a Board member may have needed to terminate Board member duties.
At the Annual Winter Conference the committee shall review all nominations received and make recommendations to the TASPA Membership at the Annual Business Meeting, Held during the Annual Winter Conference, for each vacancy to be filled on the TASPA Executive Board.

In addition to the committee meeting at the Annual Winter Conference, no other travel commitments are required. The committee may meet at additional times as recommended by the Committee Chair, and with approval for travel expenses by the TASPA President, or they may conduct their committee work on-line insofar as possible.

The Committee shall also review and recommend to the Executive Board, prior to its Annual December meeting, any additions, deletions and revisions addressing the committee's stated purpose and operational procedures.

SBEC Committee Mission, Duties, and time/travel expectations
The First Vice-President shall be Board Liaison of the SBEC Committee. There are two key responsibilities of the SBEC Committee: 1) to inform the Executive Director and TASPA members of pending SBEC initiatives impacting Texas schools, and 2) to represent the TASPA membership before the SBEC and SBOE by providing written or oral testimony as needed, in concert with the TASPA Executive Director and the SBEC Committee Chair.

SBEC Committee Members shall work with the Committee Chair to develop an action plan that will allow for the optimum performance of human resource departments in Texas Public Schools, identifying key issues of concern that can be addressed through SBEC/SBOE. In addition to the committee meetings at the Annual Summer and Winter Conferences, the committee may meet at additional times as recommended by the Committee Chair, and with approval for travel expenses by the TASPA President, or they may conduct their committee work on-line insofar as possible.

SBEC Committee Members shall work with the Committee Chair and the Executive Director to ensure timely and prompt feedback is provided to present at testimony hearings of proposed SBEC changes. These communications may be conducted on-line or by telephone insofar as possible, although travel to Austin to testify in person on key SBEC issues affecting HR can be expected.

The Chair of the SBEC Committee, and ideally all the committee members, need to have strong district support in participating in this committee, as there may be travel requirements to Austin during SBEC/SBOE meetings, depending on the level of concern of issues under review impacting Human Resources in Public Schools.

The Committee shall also review and recommend to the Executive Board, prior to its Annual December meeting, any additions, deletions and revisions addressing the committee's stated purpose and operational procedures.