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What is TASB?
Revised: 04/23/2014
What is TASB?
You have been nominated as a candidate for a position
on the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board
of Directors. The following information is provided to help
answer the question, ”What is TASB?”
Created in 1949, the Texas Association of School Boards
(TASB) is a voluntary, nonprofit, statewide educational
association that serves and represents local Texas school
districts.
What is TASB?
Mission Statement
TASB’s mission statement is adopted by the
membership through the Delegate Assembly:
The Texas Association of School
Boards promotes educational
excellence for Texas schoolchildren
through advocacy, visionary
leadership, and high quality services
to school districts.
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What is TASB?
What TASB is not . . .
 Not a federal, state, or local governmental entity.
 Not an association of individual officials.
 Not subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act.
 Not subject to the Public Information Act, but
some programs it administers are.
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What is TASB?
Governance
Local school boards govern TASB through the
Association's Board of Directors, an annual
Delegate Assembly, and a Grassroots Process
used to develop the Association's Advocacy
Agenda.
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What is TASB?
Membership
TASB's membership includes all 1,030 Texas
school districts, 20 regional education service
centers, 50 community colleges, 16 tax appraisal
districts, and 137 shared service arrangements
(cooperatives).
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What is TASB?
Delegate Assembly
Each year, Active Members name a delegate and
alternate to represent their interests at the
Delegate Assembly (annual membership
meeting), which is held during the TASA/TASB
Annual Convention in the fall.
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What is TASB?
Delegate Assembly (continued)
In addition, the members of the TASB Board of Directors
and the four Legislative Advisory Council (LAC) Members
of the TASB Legislative Committee also serve as
delegates. The LAC representatives on the Legislative
Committee are elected to two-year terms by the LAC
through the grassroots process.
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What is TASB?
Delegate Assembly (continued)
Policies and decisions made by the Delegate
Assembly are translated into action by the TASB
Board, a 44-member body made up of school
board members representing every region of the
state.
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What is TASB?
Delegate Assembly (continued)
 Elects the Officers and Board of Directors.
 Adopts the TASB Mission Statement and Statement of
Beliefs.
 Amends the TASB Bylaws.
 Adopts the Advocacy Agenda (Priorities, Resolutions
submitted by the membership, and Cornerstone
Principles).
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What is TASB?
Board of Directors
Directors serve three-year terms, once elected to a threeyear term on the Board, a Director can be elected to a
maximum of three additional terms. A Director can be
elected to an unexpired term of less than three years,
when a vacancy is created by resignation or a Director
leaving his or her local board.
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What is TASB?
Board of Directors (continued)
Some of the Board’s Responsibilities:
 The Board supervises, controls, and directs the affairs of
TASB in accordance with Articles of Incorporation,
Bylaws, Advocacy Agenda.
 The Board oversees TASB activities, financial
operations, investments, and assets.
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What is TASB?
Board of Directors (continued)
Some of the Board’s Responsibilities (continued):
 The Board sets policies.
 The Board approves items to be brought before the
Delegate Assembly for action.
 The Board hires, evaluates, and sets compensation for
the Executive Director.
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What is TASB?
Board of Directors (continued)
Meetings
The Board currently meets four times annually:
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December at Austin headquarters
Spring at Austin headquarters
Summer (July) at location chosen by current President
Convention (Thursday before TASA/TASB Convention)
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What is TASB?
Board of Directors (continued)
Expenses
Directors’ expenses to attend Board and Committee
meetings are reimbursed pursuant to Board policy.
Directors are provided complimentary registrations to
training sessions solely sponsored by TASB, the
Convention, and the Post-Legislative Seminar.
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What is TASB?
Board of Directors (continued)
 The Officers include the President, President-Elect,
First and Second Vice-Presidents, Secretary-Treasurer,
Immediate Past President.
 The Board currently has 44 voting members, which
includes the Officers.
 Mentors are assigned to new Board members to assist
them while they learn about the organization.
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What is TASB?
Board Standing Committees
Annually appointed by the Executive Committee:
 Budget and Finance
 Bylaws and Resolutions (traditionally function as two
separate committees)
 Legislative
 Member Services
 Planning & Development
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What is TASB?
Other Board Committees
 Executive Committee (Officers and Executive Director)
 Nominations Committee (Elected by the Board at the
Convention Meeting)
 Special committees when appointed (Board approves
committee, Executive Committee appoints members)
 First Public Governance Committee (Officers and
Executive Director )
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What is TASB?
Executive Director
 Employed by Board of Directors.
 Manages, supervises, and directs operations of TASB.
 Serves as non-voting ex officio member of Delegate.
Assembly, Board, and all committees.
 Serves as voting member of First Public Governance
Committee.
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What is TASB?
Executive Director (continued)
Staff
The Executive Director employs, supervises, and
discharges all personnel.
This year TASB was named #4 in the large employer
category of the Best Places to Work in Central Texas by
the Austin Business Journal.
Currently, the Management Team is made up of the
Executive Director and ten Associate Executive Directors,
each managing specific service areas of the organization.
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What is TASB?
Executive Director (continued)
Staff (continued)
There are a total of 438 full-time and 11 part-time staff,
with an average tenure of ten years. Tenure ranges from
newly hired to 37 years. Staff is 66 percent female with
an average age of 49.
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What is TASB?
TASB Services
When TASB was created, its purpose was to provide
training, information, and advocacy for Texas public
school districts. A brief explanation of some of these
services follows.
Governmental Relations
The Governmental Relations Division monitors legislative
developments, keeps members updated on activities, and
promotes TASB's Advocacy Agenda in person with state
and federal lawmakers, the State Board of Education, and
other agencies.
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What is TASB?
TASB Services
HR Services
Districts that become members of the HR Services
program have access to data, publications, training, and
expert consulting services in the area of school district
human resource (HR) management.
Leadership Team Services
TASB's Leadership Team Services (LTS) is committed to
enhancing the effectiveness of leadership teams through
training, publications, planning and consulting services,
and an online learning center (OLC).
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What is TASB?
TASB Services
Legal Services
TASB Legal Services attorneys specialize in public school
issues and provide advice to school district decision
makers that supplements the legal advice districts receive
from their own attorneys. Legal Services attorneys also
conduct training, prepare publications, and support
TASB’s Policy Service. School trustees, administrators,
and attorneys may contact Legal Services on TASB’s tollfree Legal Line (800.580.5345).
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What is TASB?
TASB Services
Policy Service
Policy Service provides expert assistance with local district
policy development and maintenance. Members of this
service receive policy advisories and alerts, tool kits for
developing policies required by law, regular policy updates
that reflect new laws and rules, individual assistance with
unique local policies, and in-district consulting through
Policy Review Seminars.
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What is TASB?
TASB Services
BoardBook
BoardBook is a Web-based application created by TASB
that opens the door to paperless distribution of meeting
materials, to Web posting of finished documents and,
ultimately, to paperless meetings.
Executive Search Services
Executive Search Services (ESS) offers assistance to
clients undertaking a superintendent search, facilitates the
application process for clients, and allows TASB members
to post positions.
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What is TASB?
TASB Services
SMART Medicaid Services
TASB’s SMART program has been helping school districts
bill Medicaid for services eligible under the School Health
and Related Services (SHARS) program since 1993. For
many districts, the SHARS program is a significant funding
source.
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What is TASB?
TASB Services
TASB Facility Services
TASB Facility Services provides districts assistance with
regulatory compliance, access to professional and
informative training, prompt and dependable customer
service from experienced personnel, and substantial cost
savings on a wide variety of environmental, facilities, and
energy consulting services.
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What is TASB?
Affiliated Entities
TASB has also facilitated the creation of seven different
affiliated entities, each governed by a separate board,
bylaws, and board-adopted policies.
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What is TASB?
Affiliated Entities (continued)
First Public, LLC, and Lone Star Investment
Pool
For the past several decades, TASB’s financial services
division has delivered consistent returns on investments
made by Texas school districts through its products. Now
known as First Public, LLC, a full member of FINRA/SIPC, it
is bringing that expertise to the entire public sector.
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What is TASB?
Affiliated Entities (continued)
TASB Risk Management Fund
The TASB Risk Management Fund is the largest and
premier provider of risk management coverage in the state
of Texas. With over 1,100 members, the Fund provides
coverage through its unemployment compensation,
workers' compensation ,and property/casualty
programs. Services range from Loss Prevention and free
member training events to online resources, grant
programs, and claim forms.
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What is TASB?
Affiliated Entities (continued)
The Local Government Purchasing
Cooperative
The Local Government Purchasing Cooperative was
created to increase the purchasing power of government
entities and to simplify their purchasing by using a
customized electronic purchasing system, called the
BuyBoard.
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What is TASB?
Affiliated Entities (continued)
TASB Energy Cooperative
The TASB Energy Cooperative gives participants an easy,
cost-effective way to meet bidding requirements for
electricity and earn a competitive rate for the deregulated
portion of their electricity.
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What is TASB?
Affiliated Entities (continued)
TASB Legal Assistance Fund
The purpose of the Legal Assistance Fund (LAF) is to
provide support to school districts and other public entities
that are defending legal challenges with the potential to
affect public schools statewide. LAF typically prepares
“friend of the court” briefs in cases that are on appeal.
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What is TASB?
Affiliated Entities (continued)
TASB Benefits Cooperative
Since 2002, the TASB Benefits Cooperative has provided
school districts and their employees with a variety of
employer-paid and employee-paid benefits such as group
life, group long-term disability, and Section 125 products
and plan administration. The Benefits Cooperative is
administered by TASB's wholly owned subsidiary, First
Public. First Public is licensed with the Texas Department of
Insurance.
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What is TASB?
Affiliated Entities (continued)
TASB Service Agreements
The following Affiliated Entities have no employees but
rather contract with TASB through service agreements for
administration and operations of the entities’ programs.
 Lone Star Investment Pool
 Risk Management Fund
 The Local Government Purchasing Coop
 Energy Cooperative
 Legal Assistance Fund
 Texas Center for Educational Research
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What is TASB?
Affiliated Entities (continued)
TASB Sponsor/License Agreements
TASB and four of the Affiliated Entities have entered into
Sponsorship and License Agreements that enable the
Entity to use the trade name, logo, or service marks, and
other intangible assets of TASB in marketing its services:
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Risk Management Fund
Lone Star Investment Pool
The Local Government Purchasing Cooperative
TASB Energy Cooperative
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What is TASB?
TASB Real Estate
TASB owns property in northwest Austin and
downtown:
 12007 Research Blvd, Riata Gateway Building
Acquired in 2006
 1101 Trinity Street Building
Purchased in 1989 - Part of proceeds of sale of 406
East 11th Street Property
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What is TASB?
In 2009, TASB celebrated 60 years of experience
with Texas schools. TASB can provide assistance
in virtually every area of public school governance
and operation.
For more information about TASB and its
Affiliated Entities, please visit our web site,
www.tasb.org.
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