FILLING A BOARD VACANCY

FILLING A BOARD VACANCY

po0145Adopted January 1, 2002

0145 - FILLING A BOARD VACANCY

A vacancy occurs on the Board when one (1) of the following events occurs:

  1. death

  2. nonresidence

  3. resignation

  4. failure of the person elected or appointed to qualify as an elector residence within the District within ten (10) days after the organization of the Board or of the appointment or election

  5. failure of the person elected or appointed to qualify due to acceptance of duties incompatible with those of a Board member

  6. removal from the District

  7. absence from meetings of the Board for a period of ninety (90) days, if the absence is caused by reasons declared insufficient by a two-thirds (2/3's) vote of the remaining members of the Board and this vote was taken and entered into the record of the Board not less than thirty (30) days after the absence

  8. removal from office

Whenever a vacancy occurs, the Board shall fill the vacancy at its next regular or special meeting but not earlier than ten (10) days after the vacancy occurs.

Appointment by the Board to fill a vacancy shall be by majority vote of the remaining members of the Board.

If the Board fails to appoint a member to its Board within thirty (30) days after the vacancy occurs, the board of the educational service center in which the District is located, upon being advised of the failure to fill the vacancy, shall act as the Board and perform the duties imposed upon the Board.

The newly-appointed Board member selected to fill a vacancy shall serve the shorter of the following periods:

  1. until completion of the unexpired term, or

  2. until the first day of January immediately following the next regular Board of Education election taking place more than ninety (90) days after a person is selected to fill the vacancy. At that election, a special election to fill the vacancy will be held. However, no such special election shall be held if the unexpired term ends on or before the first day of January immediately following that regular Board election.

Whenever there is a need to have a special Board election to fulfill an unexpired term, the Board shall give written notice to the Board of Elections. The term of a member elected at such a special election shall begin the first day of January immediately following the special Board election and shall be for the balance of the unexpired term.

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