275.35 - CHANGE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS -- CHANGE IN METHOD OF ELECTIONS.
275.35 CHANGE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS -- CHANGE IN
METHOD OF ELECTIONS.
1. A school district may change the number of directors to either
five or seven and may also change its method of election of school
directors to any method authorized by section 275.12 by submission of
a proposal, stating the proposed new method of election, by the
school board of such district to the electors at an election held on
a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph "c".
The school board shall notify the county commissioner of elections
who shall publish notice of the election in the manner provided in
section 49.53. The election shall be conducted pursuant to chapters
39 through 53 by the county commissioner of elections. Such proposal
shall be adopted if it is approved by a majority of the votes cast on
the proposition.
2. If the proposal adopted by the voters requires the
establishment of or change in director district boundaries, the
school board shall draw the necessary boundaries within forty days
after the date of the election. The boundaries shall be drawn
according to the requirements of section 275.23A. Following adoption
by the school board, the plan shall be submitted to the state
commissioner of elections for approval. Section History: Early Form
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 275.35] Section History: Recent Form
2002 Acts, ch 1134, §83, 115; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §41, 71
Referred to in § 275.23A, 278.1