Scholarship Board Member Duties & Acknowledgment
To be completed by each person serving as a Scholarship Board Member who is not completing the Chair or Vice Chair position-specific acknowledgment.
Scholarship Board Members are responsible for:
- Attending Scholarship Board meetings and participating in authorized scholarship activities.
- Reviewing assigned applications objectively and according to the published eligibility requirements and approved scholarship criteria.
- Using the approved scoring rubric and reviewer score sheet consistently.
- Maintaining the confidentiality and privacy of applicant information and Scholarship Board discussions.
- Not sharing applications, scores, passwords, or confidential scholarship records with unauthorized individuals.
- Disclosing actual or potential conflicts of interest and recusing themselves when required.
- Participating respectfully and impartially in scholarship discussions and selection decisions.
- Avoiding favoritism, discrimination, personal preference, or requirements that are not part of the approved scholarship criteria.
- Completing required review and selection documentation accurately.
- Handling scholarship records according to the organization’s recordkeeping procedures.
- Supporting the mission and approved scholarship procedures of It’s A Family Affair.
- Never individually promising, guaranteeing, or awarding a scholarship to an applicant.
Please review the responsibilities above before completing and submitting the acknowledgment form below.