279.6 - VACANCIES -- QUALIFICATION -- TENURE.
279.6 VACANCIES -- QUALIFICATION -- TENURE.
Vacancies occurring among the officers or members of a school
board shall be filled by the board by appointment. A person so
appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office shall hold office
until a successor is elected and qualified pursuant to section 69.12.
A person appointed to fill a vacancy in an appointive office shall
hold such office for the residue of the unexpired term and until a
successor is appointed and qualified. Any person so appointed shall
qualify within ten days thereafter in the manner required by section
277.28.
A vacancy shall be filled at the next regular school election if a
member of a school board resigns from the board not later than
forty-five days before the election and the notice of resignation
specifies an effective date at the beginning of the next term of
office for elective school officials. The president of the board
shall declare the office vacant as of the date of the next
organizational meeting. Nomination papers shall be received for the
unexpired term of the resigning member. The person elected at the
next regular school election to fill the vacancy shall take office at
the same time and place as the other elected school board members.
Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 1120; R60, § 2037, 2038, 2079; C73, § 1730, 1738; C97, §
2758, 2771, 2772; S13, § 2758, 2771, 2772; C24, § 4223; C27, 31, 35,
§ 4223-a2; C39, § 4223.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75,
77, 79, 81, § 279.6] Section History: Recent Form
2002 Acts, ch 1134, §91, 115
Referred to in § 275.25, 275.41