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MCSBA Scholarship Application for Board Member Development

Criteria for Scholarship Application for Board Member Development

The Madera County School Boards Association (MCSBA) task force developed a
criteria for board members to be eligible for the scholarship program. An
individual member of the MCSBA could submit a request for the purpose of
participating in board member development programs such as offered through
CSBA, SSDA, or other academy type programs. The purpose of the request
would be to provide an opportunity to enhance the skills of the school board
member in performance of his or her elected duties.

Please share the Scholarship Application form for Board Development with your
board members and include it on the board agenda annually to remind board
members regarding access to these funds.

Preference Eligibility

Priority will be given to direct service school district(s) not having received the scholarship in the immediate past year. A Direct Service School District would have the following criteria:

Elementary School District – should have an ADA of less than 901 students


High School District – should have an ADA of less than 301 students


Unified School District – should have an ADA of less than 1,501 students

District Service School Districts are as follows:
     Alview-Dairyland School District
     Chawanakee Unified School District
     Raymond-Knowles Union Elementary School District

If more than two districts meet the qualifications, selection will be drawn by lot.

Timeline for Submission

All scholarship applications are due no later than September 15 of the current
school year.

Designation of an Alternate

If the person who applied for the scholarship is unable to attend, an alternate
would be selected. The alternate would be from the same board as the
applicant so that the information would still be available to that district.

Criteria

The recipient of the scholarship should report back to the individual’s local board.
This is to reinforce that this scholarship is intended to provide professional
development for the board members as a group.

Limited funds

There are limited funds for the scholarship program. When the funds are
expended, no more scholarships will be available for that year.

If the funds allocated to the scholarship are not spent, it would be up to the
Executive Committee to discuss rolling them over into the next year or not as
part of the annual budget development process.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at
(559) 673-6051, ext. 278.