Board of Education Invites Applications for Vacancy on Ethics Panel

The Montgomery County Board of Education invites applications for a vacant position on its five-member Ethics Panel (Panel). The vacancy is for a term running through June 30, 2027. Members serve without compensation. 

As noted in Board Policy, BBB, Ethics, among the Panel’s responsibilities are:  (1) approving financial disclosure forms; (2) interpreting the Board of Education’s Ethics Policy and issuing advisory opinions concerning its application; and (3) conducting hearings on complaints filed regarding an alleged violation. 

Panel members may not be incumbent members of the Board of Education, school officials, employees, or persons employed by a business entity subject to the authority of the Board of Education, or spouses of such individuals. The Panel meets once a year to review financial disclosure forms and as needed to review complaints and requests for advisory opinions.

Applicants must submit a letter of interest along with a resumé or other documentation to support the application by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 2, 2024, for the appointment to be made at the August 20, 2024, Board of Education meeting. (Applicants are not required to attend this meeting; notifications of the Board of Education’s appointments will be sent to all applicants.)  

Please send a letter of interest and resumé by mail to Mr. Tom Lockman, Montgomery County Board of Education, 15 West Gude Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, Maryland 20850 or by email to Thomas_C_Lockman@mcpsmd.org.  For further information, please call 240-740-3030.