20A-14-202 - Local boards of education -- Membership -- When elected -- Qualifications -- Avoiding conflicts of interest.
20A-14-202. Local boards of education -- Membership -- When elected --Qualifications -- Avoiding conflicts of interest.
(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), the board of education of a schooldistrict with a student population of up to 24,000 students shall consist of five members.
(b) The board of education of a school district with a student population of more than10,000 students but fewer than 24,000 students shall increase from five to seven membersbeginning with the 2004 regular general election.
(c) The board of education of a school district with a student population of 24,000 ormore students shall consist of seven members.
(d) Student population is based on the October 1 student count submitted by districts tothe State Office of Education.
(e) If the number of members of a local school board is required to change underSubsection (1)(b), the board shall be reapportioned and elections conducted as provided inSections 20A-14-201 and 20A-14-203.
(f) A school district which now has or increases to a seven-member board shall maintaina seven-member board regardless of subsequent changes in student population.
(g) (i) Members of a local board of education shall be elected at each regular generalelection.
(ii) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(g)(iii), no more than three members of a localboard of education may be elected to a five-member board, nor more than four members electedto a seven-member board, in any election year.
(iii) More than three members of a local board of education may be elected to afive-member board and more than four members elected to a seven-member board in any electionyear only when required by reapportionment or to fill a vacancy or to implement Subsection(1)(b).
(h) One member of the local board of education shall be elected from each local schoolboard district.
(2) (a) For an election held after the 2008 general election, a person seeking election to alocal school board must have been a resident of the local school board district in which theperson is seeking election for at least one year as of the date of the election.
(b) A person who has resided within the local school board district, as the boundaries ofthe district exist on the date of the election, for one year immediately preceding the date of theelection shall be considered to have met the requirements of this Subsection (2).
(3) A member of a local school board shall:
(a) be and remain a registered voter in the local school board district from which themember is elected or appointed; and
(b) maintain the member's primary residence within the local school board district fromwhich the member is elected or appointed during the member's term of office.
(4) A member of a local school board may not, during the member's term in office, alsoserve as an employee of that board.
Amended by Chapter 8, 2008 General Session