Legislative Resources
"It is vain to be always looking toward the future and never acting toward it."
Legislative Resources: Publications
Legislative Publications for 2008
Legislative Update 2008 sent via e-mail to TCCTA members
Guide to Political Participation 2008-09
Note: This document is designed to create a booklet. The pages should be printed on letter-size paper, landscape format, then copied, front-and-back, in the order in which they were printed. The sheets should then be folded together in half, so the cover faces up, and stapled twice on the fold.
TCCTA 2009 Resources for communicating with Legislators:
Legislative Publications from 2007
Summary of New Laws Available:
Many new laws will take effect Sept. 1. The Coordinating Board has compiled a comprehensive (77-page) list of new statutes related to all of Texas higher education.
The list also includes riders to the General Appropriation bill. Among the topics analyzed are: financial aid, community college funding, teacher education, the nursing shortage, interim committees, service areas, college readiness, and P-16 initiatives.
"Talking Points" for Communicating with Legislators 2007
Economic Impact Study of the vital role community colleges play in the Texas economy, commissioned by the Texas Association of Community Colleges.
TCCTA publications are available in a printable format!
Using the free software Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or later, members may download the Messenger in portable document format (".pdf"), with the look and format of the print version.
Past Legislative Updates:
August 2005
TCCTA "tracked" bills for 2009 potentially affecting community and technical college educators.