WIAA Special Election for Open Advisory Council Positions
WIAA SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL POSITIONS
A special election will take place for two positions on the Advisory Council.
Advisory Council – Ethnic At-Large Representative – 1-year term
Gender At-Large Representative – 2-year term
District administrators, high school principals and assistant principals at these levels who are interested in being a candidate should state their intention via a letter to Kassie Mortimer ([email protected]) at the WIAA office. Note: Candidates must have (1) Department of Public Instruction licensure allowing placement in the eligible set, (2) must be employed full-time or part-time in a qualifying position and (3) cannot be members of the teachers’ bargaining unit.
For complete information regarding powers of the Board of Control and Advisory Council, please refer to Pages 14-21 of the WIAAA Senior High Handbook https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Publications/2022-23handbook.pdf
Electronic voting will be used for this special election. More information and instructions will be emailed on August 23rd.
The time line of the special election process is as follows:
August 15, 2022 Announce that declarations of candidacy will be accepted.
August 22, 2022 Deadline for filing declarations of intent to run.
August 23, 2022 If more than twice as many candidates file, a primary election will be held. If a primary is not needed the general election ballot will start on this date.
August 30, 2022 Deadline for completing primary election ballot. If a primary is not needed the general election ballot will be due on this date.
August 31, 2022 If primary is needed, general election ballots will start.
September 7, 2022 If primary is needed, deadline for completing general election ballots.
October 5, 2022 Successful candidates will be seated for the Board of Control meeting.
Interested and eligible candidates should email a letter declaring their candidacy to the attention of Kassie Mortimer at the WIAA office [email protected] by the August 22, 2022 deadline.
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