Public School Academy Board Application

The Charter School Office at Grand Valley State University appreciates your interest to serve as a Public School Academy Board Member.

If you are approved to serve on an Academy Board, your role is to set policy, maintain the school’s vision and/or mission, promote educational excellence through advocacy, visionary leadership, and high quality services to Grand Valley State University authorized public schools as well as to ensure that the school complies with its charter and applicable law.

All Academy board members are expected by GVSU to participate in board training offered by the university. Upon approval by the GVSU Board of Trustees, a board packet will be given to each newly appointed board member.

Academy board members are public officials appointed by the GVSU Board of Trustees. All potential GVSU School Board members are required to complete this application fully.

The GVSU Board of Trustees requires each Public School Academy Board nominee to undergo a personal background check. Applications will not be processed, nor will a name be submitted to the GVSU Board of Trustees, without the results from the personal background check.

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Personal Information
Your Name
Your Address
Employer Address
Spouse's/Partner's Name
Are you a United States citizen? Yes No
Are you a Michigan Resident? Yes No

Resume

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Clear File Please upload your resume as a .pdf or .doc file.

Additional Qualifications

Government Experiences

Elective Public Office

Honors and Awards

Volunteer Experiences

Miscellaneous

Conflicts of Interest

If you answer “yes” to any of the following questions, please provide an explanation.

Do you know of any person or group who might take overt or covert steps to attack, even unfairly, your appointment? If yes, please identify and explain the basis for the potential.
Yes No

Do you or your spouse/partner have any contractual agreements with the Academy?
Yes No

Do you or your spouse/partner have any ownership interest in any management company contracting with the Academy?
Yes No

Have you or your spouse/partner guaranteed any loans for the Academy?
Yes No

Will your or your spouse/partner be leasing or selling any real property to the Academy?
Yes No

Will you or your spouse/partner be employed at the Academy (either as an employee of the Academy or as an employee of a management company contracted by the Academy)?
Yes No

Do you or your spouse/partner sell any supplies, materials, equipment or other personal property to the Academy?
Yes No

Have you or your spouse/partner provided any start-up funds to the Academy? If so, how much?
Yes No

Do you or your spouse/partner, or other close family members have ownership, interest, whether directly or indirectly, in any corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity which will enter into a contract with the Academy?
Yes No

Do you currently serve as a public official?
Yes No

Is there any other matter in which you are involved which is or may be incompatible or in conflict with the discharge of the duties of the position to which you seek to be appointed or which may impair or tend to impair your independence of judgment or action in the performance of the duties of that position?
Yes No

Ethical Matters

Citations

Have you ever been cited for a breach of ethics for unprofessional conduct by, or been named in, a complaint to any court, administrative agency, professional association, disciplinary committee, or other professional group?
Yes No

Convictions

Have you ever been convicted of or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendre or forfeited collateral for any criminal violation other than a minor traffic offense? (Minor traffic offenses do not include the Michigan offenses of operating under the influence of liquor, operating while impaired, reckless driving, or the equivalent offenses in other states.)
Yes No

Current Charges

Are you now under charges for any violation of law?
Yes No

U.S. Military Convictions

Have you ever been convicted by any military court?
Yes No

Imprisonment

Have you ever been imprisoned, been on probation, or been on parole?
Yes No

Agency Proceedings: Civil Litigation

Are you presently, or have you ever been a party in interest in any administrative agency proceedings or civil litigation which is related in any way to the position to which you seek to be appointed?
Yes No

Agency Proceedings and Civil Litigation of Affiliates and Family

Has any business in which you, your spouse/partner, close family members or business associate are or were an officer, director, or partner been a party to any administrative agency proceedings or civil litigation relevant to the position to which you seek to be appointed? (With respect to this question, you need only consider proceedings and litigation that occurred while you, your spouse/partner, close family member or business associate were an officer of that business.)
Yes No

Other

Is there any other any additional information, favorable or unfavorable, which you feel should be considered in connection with your appointment?
Yes No

References (Required)

Please submit three (3) character references. References must have no familial relation to you, i.e. no blood relatives or relatives by marriage.

Reference 1
Reference 2
Reference 3

Application Verification

I recognize that all information submitted with this application or gathered by Grand Valley State University as a result of this application becomes a matter of public record, subject by law to disclosure upon request to members of the general public. I will hold Grand Valley State University, its trustees, officers, employees or authorized agents harmless from liability for the disclosure of any information it reasonably believes is true based upon my representations or resulting from this application process.

By checking this box I agree to the above terms and certify that the information provided in this statement is, to the best of my knowledge, true and accurate.

Please Note: Public School Academy Board Applications are subject to public disclosure under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.

Personal Background Check Consent

A criminal records check must be conducted as a condition for appointment as a public official serving on the board of a public school academy authorized by Grand Valley State University. This consent does not authorize nor will Grand Valley State University conduct a consumer credit check.

Information requested on this page will be used to conduct a criminal records check and will not be used to determine qualifications as a proposed public school academy board member. This page will be removed prior to review of the information contained in the application.

Additional Information Needed for Background Check
Most Recent Former Address
Gender Male Female
Ethnicity
Caucasian
African American
Hispanic
Asian
Native American


Other

By submitting this document I acknowledge receipt of this disclosure and authorize Grand Valley State University to obtain a copy of my criminal records report.

I consent to the release of information concerning my criminal record, subject to any restrictions that I have included, to Grand Valley State University, its Charter Schools Office and its legal counsel. I specifically authorize Grand Valley State University to conduct a criminal records check on me with the applicable local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

I will hold Grand Valley State University, its trustees, officers, employees or authorized agents harmless from liability for the disclosure of any information it reasonable believes is true based upon my representations or resulting from this criminal records check consent process.

By checking this box I agree to the above terms and assert and certify that the information provided is, to the best of my knowledge, true and complete.

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