Applications for the three Trustees positions are open

The Idaho State Board of Education is accepting applications for three Board of Trustee positions at NIC beginning today. The application window will be open until 4 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, April 25, 2022.

A list of all applicants’ names will be posted on the State Board of Education website after the application window closes.

Applications should be submitted via email to the Office of State Board of Education: board@osbe.idaho.gov

Applications must include:

• A letter of interest
• Resume
• Physical address where the applicant resides
• Trustee zone number for the zone the applicant is applying 

Any person appointed must reside in the trustee zone where the vacancy occurs and shall serve until the next trustee election in November, 2022. 

An ad-hoc committee comprised of three State Board members will review all applications and name finalists. Finalists will be interviewed by the ad-hoc committee on the NIC main campus in Coeur d’Alene on May 5th.

The public can observe the ad-hoc committee as it conducts the interviews. The ad-hoc committee will make recommendations to the full State Board, which will convene a Special Board Meeting at NIC the following day on May 6th to deliberate and name new trustees in zones 1, 2 and 5.

*Press Release provided by Mike Keckler.