§13-2  Qualifications.  No person shall
be eligible for election or appointment to the board of education unless the
person is a registered voter of the school board district from which the person
is to be elected or appointed and, where residency in a particular departmental
school district is a requirement, a resident of the departmental school
district for which seat the person is seeking election or appointment.  No
member of the board shall hold or be a candidate for any other public office
under the state or county governments in accordance with Article II, section 7
of the Constitution of the State; nor shall a person be eligible for election
or appointment to the board of education if that person is also a candidate for
any other public office under the state or county governments.  The term
"public office", for the purposes of this section, shall not include
notaries public, reserve police officers, or officers of emergency
organizations for civilian defense or disaster relief. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2;
am L 1972, c 77, §6; am L 1979, c 125, §2; am L 1980, c 138, §2; am L 1981, c
82, §3; gen ch 1985]



 



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  Member may hold other public positions not constituting
"public offices"; public office, general definition of.  Att. Gen. Op.
70-20.