The charges of the Advocacy Committee are to:

• Provide a rapid response to pressing legislative issues when requested by the AACP Vice President of Policy and Advocacy.
• Recommend the development of policy and/or provide advocacy-related advice to the AACP Board of Directors, both proactively and upon request.
• Identify legislative/advocacy issues that warrant debate by a broader constituency, and bring at least one such item before the House of Delegates for discussion at the Annual Meeting. The discussion would be captured and summarized to inform the AACP Board of Directors and the general membership.
• As the committee evolves, consider adding a charge, through the Board of Directors, for a scholarly review of an important legislative or advocacy issue that would shape the direction of AACP's legislative agenda and/or the environment in which the Association conducts its legislative/advocacy work. The product of these scholarly deliberations would be presented to the House of Delegates and the Board of Directors as reports, which would subsequently be published in AJPE.