Beginning June 1, 2024, TRS will accept nominations for eligible members to qualify as candidates for the election of the Public School District Employee position on the TRS Board of Trustees. The term begins as early as Sept. 1, 2025 and ends Aug. 31, 2031.
TRS offers two ways in which a nominee may collect the required 250 signatures of eligible members for nomination. An eligible member for the Public School District Employee position is a current employee of a public school district, charter school, or regional education service center.
A nominee may collect the 250 signatures electronically by declaring their interest to be a nominee to the
Secretary to the Board of Trustees. Once the member's eligibility is validated, the member's name will be posted on the
nomination site where the nominee may direct eligible members to sign the nominee's electronic petition. The names of nominees will be listed on a first-come-first-listed basis. To sign the electronic petition, eligible members will need to provide identifying information in order to verify their eligibility to sign the petition. The process is easy and only takes a few minutes. For an electronic petition, the nominee does not need to submit anything further to TRS but must have 250 eligible member signatures by Jan. 27, 2025 to be considered a candidate.
TRS will continue to allow nominees to collect 250 signatures of eligible members with paper petitions. TRS must receive the nominee's paper petitions
no later than Jan. 27, 2025. A member may download the
petition (pdf) or if a member does not have access to a printer, the member may contact the
Secretary to the Board of Trustees to have a petition mailed to them.
