Annual Meeting

Texas PTA will kick off its 116th Annual Meeting of the membership on Friday, July 18, 2025, at 3:00 pm. The Annual Meeting will be held during LAUNCH, our annual training and leadership conference, at the Dallas Hilton Anatole. LAUNCH pre-registration is required.

This promises to be the best summer event yet, as we LAUNCH into our 116th year of growing membership, engaging and educating families, and advocating for all children. The tentative General Session schedule is below.

Tentative General Session Schedule

*session schedules subject to change

SESSION ONE: Annual Meeting

Friday, July 18, beginning at 3:00 pm

SESSION TWO

Saturday, July 19, beginning at 9:00 am

SESSION THREE

Saturday, July 19, beginning at 2:45 pm

SESSION FOUR

Sunday, July 20, beginning at 9:15 am

Proposed Annual Meeting Rules 

Admission

1. Badges are required for admittance to all meetings.
2. During a vote, the doors will be closed. No one will be allowed to enter or leave the meeting until the chair announces the vote results.

General

1. The president shall appoint a committee of members to review the annual meeting minutes. The board of directors shall approve the annual meeting minutes.
2. The president shall determine and adjust the agenda as required for the smooth operation of the assembly.
3. The printed agenda is for guidance only and shall not be considered either general or special orders.
4. All messages and announcements shall be given to a page. No message may be presented directly to the chair.
5. All electronic devices shall be silenced during all meetings.
6. Members are prohibited from recording or live-streaming the meeting.

Speaking and Voting

1. Only voting delegates shall have the privilege of making motions, debating, and voting.
2. Delegates wishing to speak shall go to the nearest appropriate microphone and present their voting badge to the microphone attendant.
3. All motions and amendments shall be presented in writing on forms obtained from microphone attendants. Forms must be completed, signed, and sent to the chair to receive consideration.
4. Delegates may speak for two minutes at one time on the question under discussion and twice on the same question. No delegate may speak for a second time until all delegates wishing to speak a first time have had an opportunity to speak.
5. Debate shall be limited to 30 minutes for each main motion.
6. The clock will run uninterrupted unless ordered stopped by the chair.
7. To extend debate time, a delegate must move to extend debate, which requires a second, is amendable, is not debatable, and requires a 2/3 vote.
8. Votes may be taken by general consent, as determined by the president. Should an objection be made, the vote shall be taken by another method.