275.37A - DECREASE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.
275.37A DECREASE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.
1. A change from seven to five directors shall be effected in a
district at the first regular school election after authorization by
the voters in the following manner:
a. If at the first election in the district there are four
terms expiring, three directors shall be elected. At the second
election in that district, if three terms are expiring, two directors
shall be elected.
b. If at the first election there are three terms expiring,
two directors shall be elected. At the second election in that
district, if four terms are expiring, three directors shall be
elected.
2. If some or all of the directors are elected from director
districts, the board shall devise a plan to reduce the number of
members so that as nearly as possible one-half of the members of the
board shall be elected biennially and so that each district will be
continuously represented. Section History: Recent Form
2002 Acts, ch 1134, §86, 115; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §15, 21
Referred to in § 39.24 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, §21