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Resources For Prospective & Newly-Elected Board Members
Resources for Prospective & Newly-Elected Board Members
Resources for Prospective Board Members
- 2025 Annual Budget Vote & School Board Election Timeline
- 2025 Running for the School Board: What all prospective school board members should know.
- NYSSBA School Board Member Experience, a website that provides information regarding everything on eligibility, deadlines and starting the campaign process to basic roles and responsibilities, training requirements, leadership skills and more.
- NYSSBA New School Board Member Handbook 2017
- Common BOE Glossary of Terms & Common Acronyms
- Wappingers Central School District Policy Manual: Wappingers Central School District at Board docs website
Workshop for Prospective School Board Members sponsored by the Dutchess County School Boards Association. Click here for the flier. This FREE workshop is scheduled for Saturday, March 15, 2025 at the DC BOCES Conference Center. Please contact Kelly Lappan at kelly.lappan@gmail.com to register.
2024 Recorded Webinar sponsored by the local area League of Women Voters (LWV of the Mid-Hudson Region) on how to become a school board candidate and what board service entails: Running For School Board
Resources for Newly Elected School Board Members
All newly elected Board members are required to participate in two six-hour training workshops: Fiscal Responsibility and Board Member Governance. NYSSBA offers two training options. The District Clerk will make arrangements for this training at your convenience.
See the following link for upcoming training dates: State Mandated Training for New Board Members
