Jefferson County Board of Education now accepting applications for District Four seat

Application documents must be received by 4:30 p.m. on July 31

July 16, 2019—Jefferson County Board of Education (JCBE) members accepted the resignation of member Benjamin Gies and declared a vacancy at the July 16 board meeting. Gies resigned his District Four seat in southwest Louisville to take a new position as policy principal at Kentucky Youth Advocates. JCBE is now accepting applications to fill the vacancy.

Board Vacancy Application Form
(To save typed responses on the Board Vacancy Application Form, download the form to your computer, then open it using Adobe Acrobat Reader, available at https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html)

Headshot of Ben Gies

A 60-day timeline to fill the board seat will is now underway and the seat has to be filled by September 14.  A summary of the process is as follows:

  • KRS 160.190 provides for the vacancy on a local board of education to be filled by a majority of the remaining board members within 60 days after the vacancy occurs.
  • Within 30 days of the vacancy, the board shall solicit applications for two weeks via placing a notice of the vacancy on the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) website and in the Courier Journal.
  • Applicants will file a letter of intent with the board, including an affirmation of eligibility (applicants must be at least 24 years old, a citizen of Kentucky for at least three years, and registered to vote in the district of the vacancy) and a transcript evidencing the completion of 12th grade or equivalency.
  • The board will select from the eligible applicants that applied.

Discussions of individual applicants by the board may take place in closed session and may include individual interviews with applicants. Final action to fill the vacancy will occur in an open session.

Apply here.  All application documents must be received by the board by 4:30 p.m. on July 31, 2019.
(To save typed responses on the Board Vacancy Application Form, download the form to your computer, then open it using Adobe Acrobat Reader, available at https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html)

Public Notice of Vacancy

County Clerk's Certification of Residence and Voter Registration

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