Sample Application for
Vacant Board Position
February 2016
APPLICATION FOR VACANT BOARD POSITION
Each board of education is free to adopt rules and regulations regarding appointing an individual to a vacant school board
position. A board of education has sixty (60) days from the date a seat is declared vacant to fill the seat by appointment. After
sixty (60) days have expired, a board of education is required to call a special election to fill the vacancy.
Any individual appointed to a vacant board position must meet the same requirements needed to file to be a candidate for a
board position. The OSSBA has created a sample “Application” for vacant board positions which your district may use. The
application contains legal requirements which an individual must meet in order to be eligible to be a member of a board of
education.
APPLICATION FOR VACANT BOARD POSITION
Name: _______________________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number: _______________________________________________________________
I received a high school diploma or G.E.D. on ____________________ from
_______________________________________________________________ (name of institution).
I have resided at the above-referenced address for _____ (must have been a resident of the district and of the geographical
ward for the vacant position, if one exists, for six months). If you have recently moved within the district and/or ward,
please explain: _____________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
I registered to vote on ____________________ with the county election board. (Must have been registered to vote at an address
located within the district for six months.)
I have not been convicted of a felony nor have I pleaded nolo contendere to a felony within the past 15 years.
I am not related to any employee of the district within the second degree. (Those within the second degree include the
following: Mother, Father, Father’s Wife, Mother’s Husband, Brother, Sister, Brother’s Wife, Sister’s Husband,
Grandmother, Grandmother’s Spouse, Grandfather, Grandfather’s Spouse, Son, Son’s Spouse, Daughter, Daughter’s Spouse,
Grandson, Grandson’s Spouse, Granddaughter, Granddaughter’s Spouse, Spouse, Spouse’s Child, Spouse’s Brother,
Spouse’s Sister, Spouse’s Grandparent, Spouse’s Grandchild).
I wish to be considered as a viable candidate for the vacant board position.
Dated this _____ day of ____________________, 20_____.
__________________________________________
Signature