The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) is now accepting nominations for the Kelly Award for Business and Education Partnership.
The award is given in the fall of each year to a businessperson or business that has partnered with a public school or school district to provide leadership that promotes school improvement and student achievement.
The award is named in honor of Joseph W. Kelly, a former KBE member from 1989 to 1998 and a respected business leader and education advocate.
Criteria for the award include:
• Creating or sustaining a strategic partnership between a business and school or district that leads to improved student outcomes, including, but not limited to, postsecondary success and workforce outcomes; and
• Significant contribution to a school or a district that leads to, or will likely lead to, increased or improved educational opportunities or improved educational, postsecondary or workforce outcomes for students.
Nominations will be accepted through 3 p.m. on July 6. The award will be presented in October.
For more information on the award, see the KBE’s awards webpage.
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