The Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC) originated in 1924 as a loose confederation of junior college presidents and deans. The association was formally organized during the summer of 1947.

Membership in the association is comprised of public community and junior college districts that receive appropriations from the legislature. Professional membership is limited to the chief executive officers of these institutions. Affiliate institutions may join at the invitation of the Executive Committee. The President, President-Elect and Secretary-Treasurer and five regional representatives are elected to serve two-year terms on the executive committee.

The General Appropriations Bill and legislation effecting public community colleges have been and remain the principal concerns of the Association. Over the years, TACC has worked with the Legislature and the Coordinating Board to establish standards and criteria, reporting systems, and funding formulas. In recent years, the Association has been instrumental in securing passage in securing passage of legislation on issues like eminent domain, flexibility in annexation, tort reform, the statutory mission of community colleges, permissive single-member district trustee elections, mandatory college-level academic skills assessment and developmental education, inclusion of community college employees in the Uniform Group Insurance Program, the Skills Development fund, service areas for community college districts and two statewide transfer credit programs: Core Curriculum and Field of Study Curriculum.