260C.11 - GOVERNING BOARD.
260C.11 GOVERNING BOARD.
1. The governing board of a merged area is a board of directors
composed of one member elected from each director district in the
area by the electors of the respective district. Members of the
board shall be residents of the district from which elected.
Successors shall be chosen at the regular school elections for
members whose terms expire. The term of a member of the board of
directors is four years and commences at the organizational meeting.
Vacancies on the board shall be filled at the next regular meeting of
the board by appointment by the remaining members of the board. A
member so chosen shall be a resident of the district in which the
vacancy occurred and shall serve until a member is elected pursuant
to section 69.12 to fill the vacancy for the balance of the unexpired
term. A vacancy is defined in section 277.29. A member shall not
serve on the board of directors who is a member of a board of
directors of a local school district or a member of an area education
agency board.
2. Commencing with the regular school election in 1981, the
governing board of a merged area shall consist of not less than five
nor more than nine members.
3. Director districts shall be of approximately equal population
within each merged area. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, § 280A.12; C77, § 280A.12, 280A.23(2); C79, 81,
§ 280A.12, 280A.28; 82 Acts, ch 1136, § 7] Section History: Recent Form
C83, § 280A.11
84 Acts, ch 1219, § 15; 89 Acts, ch 136, §66
C93, § 260C.11
2008 Acts, ch 1115, §2, 21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §101
Referred to in § 39.24, 260C.15 Footnotes
For provisions applicable to the transition from election of
directors annually for three-year terms to the staggered election of
directors biennially for four-year terms, see 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §
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