Nominations will be accepted through July 14.
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
Partnerships are one of the ways schools can provide real-world experiences to students. Nominations recognizing the importance of partnerships are being accepted until July 14.
The Kentucky Board of Education is accepting nominations for the 2025 Kelly Award for Business and Education Partnership, an award that “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.”
Based on information from the Kentucky Board of Education, 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.
The award is named for Joseph W. Kelly, a former board member from 1989 to 1998 and a respected business leader and education advocate, according to a Kentucky Board of Education press release.
“A respected business leader and education advocate, Kelly knew first-hand the critical role the business community plays in supporting Kentucky’s public education system,” the press release states. “His career exemplifies the significant contributions that members of the business community are making in support of Kentucky’s students.”
The award will be presented in October.
The nomination form can be found here.
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