Title 53A State System of Public Education Chapter 2 School Districts Section 119 Reapportionment -- Local school board membership.
53A-2-119.Reapportionment -- Local school board membership.
(1) Upon the creation of a new school district, the county legislative body shall
reapportion the affected school districts pursuant to Section 20A-14-201.
(2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and 53A-2-118.1(3)(c), school board
membership in the affected school districts shall be determined under Title 20A, Chapter 14, Part
2, Nomination and Election of Members of Local Boards of Education.
(3) (a) Subsection (3)(b) does not apply to a new school district created under Section
53A-2-118.1.
(b) (i) If, as a result of a reapportionment conducted following the creation of a new
school district, a local school board district is created in which no board member whose term
extends beyond reapportionment resides, the first board member for the local school board
district shall be elected at the next regular general election or municipal general election,
whichever occurs first, after the election at which the creation of the new school district is
approved.
(ii) (A) The initial term of office of a board member elected under Subsection (3)(b)(i)
shall be three years, except as provided in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(B).
(B) If more than one position on a local school board needs to be filled pursuant to
Subsection (3)(b)(i), the initial term of the board members elected shall be staggered. The county
legislative body shall determine by lot which of the reapportioned local school board districts
will elect members to three-year terms and which will elect members to one-year terms.
Amended by Chapter 215, 2007 General Session
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