Section 22-5-12 - Local school boards; vacant or vacated offices.
22-5-12. Local school boards; vacant or vacated offices.
A. A local school board shall hold at least one regular meeting each month of the calendar year.
B. The office of any member of a local school board, if the member misses four consecutive regular meetings, may be declared vacant by a majority vote of the remaining members of the local school board.
C. The office of any member of a local school board, if the member misses six consecutive regular meetings, shall be vacant.
D. Any vacancy of an office on a local school board created pursuant to this section shall be filled in the same manner as other vacancies on a local school board are filled. Any member of a local school board who has his office declared vacant or vacated pursuant to this section shall not be eligible for appointment to the local school board until the term for which he was originally elected or appointed has expired.
E. As used in this section "regular meeting" means a meeting of the members of a local school board at which at least a quorum is present, about which notice has been published and at which normal school district business is transacted.