Board of Trustees Elections

May 3, 2025 Trustee General Election

Election Information

  • Your Board of Trustees, comprised of seven local citizens, provides an important public service to the Fort Bend community, and serves without compensation.  In accordance with the Texas Elections Code, Fort Bend ISD calls Board elections for the first Saturday in May of each year.  Board elections are held at various locations across the District and Fort Bend County.  Vacancies occurring after the election are filled by appointment until the next election is conducted.

    Specific information on upcoming elections, including the election calendar and filing deadlines, will be posted to this page as it becomes available.  General information and statutory requirements regarding elections are available in Board policy: BBA (Legal), BBB (Legal) and BBB (Local)

    Current Officers of the Board of Trustees

    • President:  Kristin K. Tassin
    • Vice President:  Rick Garcia
    • Secretary:  David Hamilton


    After the canvassing of each election, the Board elects a president, vice-president, and secretary to serve a one-year term.  The Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees consists of seven members.  Board members shall be elected for three–year terms, with elections conducted annually.  Election of Board members shall be by position.

    Trustees are elected to three-year terms on a rotating basis.  Two are elected each year, one from each side of the District (Position 1, 2 and 3 on the West, and Positions 5, 6 and 7 on the East).  Also, every third year, the “at large” Position 4, is elected.

    The seven Board of Trustees members are voted on by all residents of the District, and represent all residents of the District.
     
     
    Eligibility and Filing for Candidacy

    To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of school board member, a person must:

    1. Be a United States citizen.
    2. Be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable.
    3. Have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.
    4. Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities.
    5. Have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the filing date.  Election Code 1.020, 141.001(a); Gov’t Code 601.009; Brown v. Patterson, 609 S.W.2d 287 (Tex. Civ. App.—Dallas 1980, no writ); Tex. Const. Art. XVI, Sec. 14.
    6. Be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected.

    An application for a place on the ballot must be filed with the District not later than 5 p.m. of the 62nd day before election day. An application may not be filed earlier than the 30th day before the date of the filing deadline.

    For the May 2025 Board election, the first day to file for a place on the ballot is January 15, 2025.  The last day to file for a place on the ballot is February 14, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.  

    To file, submit an application in person or by mail to:

    Fort Bend Independent School District
    16431 Lexington Blvd., Suite 104
    Sugar Land, TX 77479  

    An application may be submitted by email to: Yadira.Vasquez@fortbendisd.gov
     
     
    Appointment of a Campaign Treasurer Form:  https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/data/forms/coh/cta.pdf
     
    Applications filed are public records and can be reviewed upon request.
     
    Contact:  Office of the Superintendent, 281-634-1000; Yadira.Vasquez@fortbendisd.gov 
     
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Last Modified on February 21, 2025