The Montgomery County Board of Education is seeking to fill one vacancy on its five-member Ethics Panel. The vacancy is for a three-year term beginning on July 1.
Applicants must be Montgomery County residents. Members serve without compensation. Among the panel’s responsibilities are: interpreting the Board of Education’s Ethics Policy and issuing advisory opinions concerning its application; conducting hearings on complaints filed regarding an alleged violation; and approving financial disclosure forms.
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 persons.
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 p.m. on Friday, May 27, for the appointment to be made at the board meeting on June 14. Applicants are not required to attend this meeting. Send a letter of interest and resumé to Suzann King, Montgomery County Board of Education, 850 Hungerford Drive, Room 123, Rockville, Maryland 20850, or Suzann_M_King@mcpsmd.org. For more information, call 301-279-3617.