15-451. Appointment of governing board for
joint unified school districts
A. If the election results in the formation of the joint unified school district,
the governing board shall contain the same governing board members of the former school
district governing boards. The members shall have authority to adopt a budget and
perform such other functions necessary for the school district to become operative at the
beginning of the next fiscal year and shall serve until January 1 following the next
general election. At the general election held next following the formation and
thereafter, members shall be elected as prescribed in section 15-448, subsection E,
except that all governing board members of a newly formed unified school district shall
be elected to four year terms at the first general election.
B. If any members of the governing boards of the original school districts are
residents of the new joint unified school district, those members shall continue to serve
on the governing boards of the original school districts until the joint unified school
district becomes operative and upon the joint unified school district becoming operative
shall be replaced by members who are appointed by the appropriate county school
superintendent. The appointed members shall serve until January 1 following the next
general election. At the general election next following the formation, new members
shall be elected as prescribed in section 15-448, subsection E, except that all governing
board members of a newly formed unified school district shall be elected to four year
terms at the first general election.
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