0142 - ELECTION/APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AND ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE

Members of the Board shall be qualified and elected in accordance with the Corporation’s organization plan on file with the State Board of Education.

The Board of School Trustees of the Argos Community School Corporation adopts the following plan for selection of school board trustees:

1. The community school corporation shall be divided into three (3) electoral districts. Those districts include Green Township, Walnut Township excluding the Town of Argos and the Town of Argos.

2. Three (3) trustees shall reside in and be elected from the three (3) existing districts (one (1) trustee shall reside in Green Township, one (1) trustee shall reside in Walnut Township, excluding the Town of Argos and one (1) trustee reside in the Town of Argos) and shall be voted on by all voting residents of the entire school corporation.

3. School board members (trustees) shall be elected to four (4) year terms. Trustees may succeed themselves as there will be no term limits.

4. Two (2) board members shall be elected At-Large from the community school electoral district. Those board members may reside anywhere within the school corporation district, namely, the Town of Argos, Green Township, or Walnut Township, and will be voted on by all voting residents of the entire school corporation or all three (3) districts.

5. The first election will be the General Election in 2018 when county officials are elected. The newly elected members shall assume office on January 1, 2019. Those elected board members will be the position previously appointed by the Town of Argos. The term for the current board member representing the Town of Argos ends June 30, 2017. The Town shall appoint a School Board member for only an eighteen (18) month term/appointment from June 30, 2017 until December 31, 2018. Thereafter said position will be elected and the board member from the Town of Argos shall take office January 1, 2019 and hold a four (4) year term until December 31, 2022.

6. The At-Large elected school board members shall also be up for election in 2018 taking office on January 1, 2019. The four (4) year term shall run through December 31, 2022. (At the present time Brett Sanders and Doug Middleton hold those positions.) The position appointed by the Walnut Township Advisory Board (held by Brett Sanders) shall be appointed for a six (6) month appointment from June 30, 2018 until December 31, 2018. It is not expected that the position appointed by the Green Township Advisory Board (held by Doug Middleton) would need to be reappointed, however that position/appointment would terminate six (6) months early on December 31, 2018 rather than on the date originally scheduled which is June 30, 2019.V

7. The current positions held by appointments from Green Township and Walnut Township excluding the Town of Argos will be up for election in 2020 taking office on January 1, 2021. Both newly elected School Board members will hold a four (4) year term until December 31, 2024. Both the Green Township appointment and the Walnut Township appointment excluding the Town of Argos positions would be reappointed June 30, 2020 for six (6) months until December 31, 2020 so as to accommodate the election in 2020.

In accordance with I.C. 20-26-4-11, if a teacher or a noncertified employee is elected or appointed to the Board, the employee must resign from employment by the Board before serving on the Board.

No person otherwise eligible to assume office as a member of the Board shall be disqualified on the basis of age if s/he is at least twenty-one (21) years of age (I.C. 20-26-4-9); and ownership of property shall not be a qualification to serve as a Board member (I.C. 20-26-4-11).

Before August 1st of each school year (July 1 to June 30), the Superintendent shall file with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction a listing of the:

1. names and addresses of members of the Board;

2. names and addresses of the Board officers;

3. expiration dates of the terms of the Board members and officers.

Should a change occur in Board membership during the term of one or more members of the Board, the School Corporation shall file the change with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction within thirty (30) days after the change occurs. (I.C. 20-23-8-22)

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