JISD Single Member District Place 5 and Place 7 positions are up for election to be held in the Joint Election with Williamson County on November 5, 2019. The current board members up for election are: Marvin Musil, Place 5 and Michael Cosimeno, Place 7
Board Election
The Jarrell ISD Board of Trustees consists of seven Board members elected to serve, without compensation, for overlapping terms of three years each. Elections are conducted annually in November. While candidates run for specific places, they do not represent specific geographical areas; rather, each represents JISD at large.
The school board election for Place 5 and Place 7 is scheduled for November 5, 2019.
Candidates for Jarrell ISD Trustee Place 5 are:
Tamara Dozier
Amberle Kurkowski
Marvin Musil
Candidates for Jarrell ISD Trustee Place 7 are:
Rebecca Kirby
Michael Cosimeno
Candidate Application Forms and Reports
Candidates may pick up a packet from the Jarrell ISD, Central Office, 312 N. 5th Street, Jarrell, TX 76537 or by calling 512-746-2124 after July 20, 2019, during regular office hours. The deadline to file for a Place on the election ballot is August 19, 2019, at 5 p.m. See the attached "Notice of Deadline to File".
General Qualifications
An individual is eligible to be a candidate for or elected or appointed to a Texas school board if he or she:
Is a United States citizen;
Is 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable;
Has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
Had not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
Has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date: the date of regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot; for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in; or for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
Is a registered voter in the territory from which the office is elected as of the applicable filing deadline; and
Satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.
Resources
Texas Association of School Boards
https://www.tasb.org/Services/Leadership-Team-Services/Resources/For-Board-Candidates.aspx Texas Ethics Commission
https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/main/forms.htm Williamson County Elections
https://www.wilco.org/elections