15-425. Election to determine whether
membership of governing board shall increase to five members; form
of ballot; reconsideration procedure if negative vote; appointment
or election of new members
A. A qualified elector of a school district may submit to the county school
superintendent a petition, signed by not less than ten per cent of the qualified school
electors of the district, requesting the county school superintendent to call a special
election to determine whether or not the number of members of the governing board for the
school district should be increased to five. Upon receipt of the petition, in proper
form and with the necessary signatures, the county school superintendent shall thereafter
call a special election not later than ninety days prior to the general election to
determine the question of whether the membership of the governing board for the school
district shall be increased to five.
B. Public notices of a special election called to determine whether there shall be
five governing board members shall be posted in not less than three public places in the
district at least ten days prior to the election. The election shall be held as
prescribed by the county school superintendent and electors shall possess the
qualifications as prescribed for the election of governing board members.
C. The ballots shall contain the words: "Five governing board members, yes. Five
governing board members, no."
D. If the majority of the electors voting on the question votes in the affirmative,
the school district shall elect five governing board members, as provided in section
15-424. If the majority of the electors voting on the question of increasing the number
of governing board members votes in the negative, the question shall not again be placed
upon the ballot of an election in the district until the lapse of one year from the date
of such election.
E. Notwithstanding section 15-424 and subsection D of this section, if the voters
approve an increase in the size of the governing board at least one year before the next
general election, the county school superintendent may appoint the two new members or
call a special election pursuant to section 15-302.
F. The term of the two new members appointed by the county school superintendent or
elected through a special election expires January 1 following the next general
election. At the first general election following the increase in the size of the
governing board, the candidates elected and their terms shall be determined pursuant to
section 15-424, subsection C.
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