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Diane Efseaff Memorial Scholarship Program

DEMSP

Get GREAT board training that will impact your district’s student learning and receive money for student scholarships! 

Sound too good to be true? The Oregon School Boards Association invites boards (including K-12, community colleges and education service districts) to submit your applications for the Diane Efseaff Memorial Scholarship Program (DEMSP). OSBA is looking for districts to participate in this 2022-23 Diane Efseaff Memorial Scholarship Program. Selected districts who complete all four parts of the program outlined below will receive either $2,500 or $5,000 of scholarship money for their student(s). 

Diane

In honor of our longtime colleague, OSBA is renaming the Promise Scholarship Program as the Diane Efseaff Memorial Scholarship Program. Diane passed away March 25, 2019, after more than 23 years of exemplary service to school boards and students through her work in OSBA’s Communication Services department.

For additional information contact Janet Avila-Medina, Board Development Specialist, at (800) 578-6722 or javilamedina@osba.org.


Program Options

This year boards have two options for participating in the DEMSP:

 

Option 1

Option 2
  • Full program
  • Minimum 18 hour time commitment
  • Customized board training
  • Planning and completion of a board project (to be developed with an OSBA facilitator)
  • $5,000 scholarship
  • Cost = $2,925 plus travel

 
  • Half program
  • Minimum 12 hour time commitment
  • Planning and completion of a board project (to be developed with an OSBA facilitator)
  • $2,500 scholarship
  • Cost = $1,925 plus travel

 

 

(All participants must also complete a superintendent/president evaluation and the OSBA online board self-evaluation during the eligibility period, regardless of which program is selected.)

*Program is dependent on approved funding by the OSBA board.

Eligibility Period

The eligible board development period runs from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

  1. The board is required to submit the application to OSBA by June 1, 2022. The completed application becomes the board's preliminary plan for meeting the DEMSP requirements. Selected school districts will be notified by July 1, 2022.
  2. OSBA will award the scholarship money upon completion of the board’s DEMSP. 
  3. Upon receipt of the money each board becomes solely responsible for the selection of student(s) and distribution of the scholarship money. OSBA will request media releases concerning the final selection of the student scholarship recipient(s).
Application

More information, project requirements and a checklist are on the application form below. 

2022 Application Form

Please submit applications by e-mail to Janet Avila-Medina at javilamedina@osba.org.

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