The Van ISD Board of Trustees is comprised of seven members.  Election of board members shall be by place.  General election of board members shall be on the May uniform election date.  Board members shall be elected for four-year terms, with elections conducted biennially, as follows:

Place 1, 2, and 3              2027, 2031, 2035 and in four-year intervals thereafter
Place 4, 5, 6, and 7           2025, 2029, 2033 and in four-year intervals thereafter

The next Van ISD School Board Trustee Election will be held on May 4, 2024. The Special Election will be to elect one school board trustee to finish the term vacated for Place 2 that ends in 2027. To be elected, a candidate must receive more votes than any other candidate for the place. 

Applications to file for a position on the Van ISD Board of Trustee Special Election may be obtained at the Van ISD Administration Office | 549 E. Texas Street | Van, TX 75790, or on the Texas Secretary of State website www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/pol-sub/index.shtml. Applications must be signed under oath before a Notary and must be received in the Administration Office between 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 17, 2024, through Friday, February 16, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Candidates are also required to appoint a campaign treasurer and file the form with the Van ISD Election Administrator prior to collecting or spending any funds on his/her campaign. These and other required forms may also be obtained at the VISD Administration Office or on the Texas Ethics Commission website www.ethics.state.tx.us.

According to the Texas Election Code, an individual is eligible to be a candidate for, elected, or appointed to, a Texas School if the individual:

1. Is a United States citizen;

2. Is 18 years of age on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable;

3. Has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate of jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated with the right to vote;

4. Has not been finally convicted of a felon from which the individual has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;

5. Has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately proceeding the following dates:

1. for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;

   • for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in; or

   • for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;

   • is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described at 5 above; and 

   • satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.

   
   Applications may be delivered in person, sent by email to janet.lockett@vanisd.org, or sent by fax at 903-963-8799. Any question pertaining to elections may be addressed to Janet Lockett, Van ISD Election Administrator, at 903-963-8713 or by email at janet.lockett@vanisd.org.