KBE accepting nominations for 2023 Kelly Award for Business and Education Partnership

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Media Contact: Toni Konz Tatman

Chief Communications Officer

Office: (502) 564-2000, ext. 4602
Toni.Tatman@education.ky.gov

Advisory 23-197

 

June 26, 2023

Graphic reading: Kelly Award for Business & Education Partnership, nomination deadline July 17, 2023

KBE accepting nominations for 2023 Kelly Award for Business and Education Partnership

(FRANKFORT, KY) - 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 for 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 open on opened June 26 and close on July 16. The award will be presented in October.