(a) A member of a school district board of directors is subject to recall and removal by a majority vote of the electors qualified to vote for the office held by the member to be removed.
(b) A member of a school district board of directors is subject to recall and removal for the following reasons, including without limitation:(1) A moral failing leading to pending criminal charges; and(2) The loss of public trust.
(1) A moral failing leading to pending criminal charges; and
(2) The loss of public trust.
(c) (1) The petition for removal shall:(A) State the name of the member of the school district board of directors to be removed;(B) Identify the office held by the member of the school district board of directors who is to be removed;(C) State that the petition for removal is to hold a recall election for removal of the member of the school district board of directors from his or her office; and(D) State the reason for which removal is sought with an affidavit signed by the petitioner affirming the truthfulness of that statement.(2) A signer on the petition for removal shall:(A) Sign his or her legal name; and(B) List his or her residential address.(3) If a petition for removal signed by at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the electors who are qualified to vote for the office held by the member who is to be removed is filed with the county clerk, the county clerk shall:(A) Verify the signatures on the petition for removal within ten (10) days of its filing;(B) Certify the petition for removal that has been verified to have the requisite number of valid signatures under this section promptly after verification; and(C) Promptly notify the school district board of directors and the county board of election commissioners of the certification of the petition for removal.(4) The petitioner shall have an additional ten (10) days to circulate the petition for removal if:(A) At the time the petition for removal is filed, the petition for removal contains a number of signatures equal to at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the electors who are eligible to vote for the office held by the member to be removed; and(B) The number of signatures that are verified by the county clerk as valid under this section is less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the electors who are eligible to vote for the office held by the member to be removed.
(1) The petition for removal shall:(A) State the name of the member of the school district board of directors to be removed;(B) Identify the office held by the member of the school district board of directors who is to be removed;(C) State that the petition for removal is to hold a recall election for removal of the member of the school district board of directors from his or her office; and(D) State the reason for which removal is sought with an affidavit signed by the petitioner affirming the truthfulness of that statement.
(A) State the name of the member of the school district board of directors to be removed;
(B) Identify the office held by the member of the school district board of directors who is to be removed;
(C) State that the petition for removal is to hold a recall election for removal of the member of the school district board of directors from his or her office; and
(D) State the reason for which removal is sought with an affidavit signed by the petitioner affirming the truthfulness of that statement.
(2) A signer on the petition for removal shall:(A) Sign his or her legal name; and(B) List his or her residential address.
(A) Sign his or her legal name; and
(B) List his or her residential address.
(3) If a petition for removal signed by at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the electors who are qualified to vote for the office held by the member who is to be removed is filed with the county clerk, the county clerk shall:(A) Verify the signatures on the petition for removal within ten (10) days of its filing;(B) Certify the petition for removal that has been verified to have the requisite number of valid signatures under this section promptly after verification; and(C) Promptly notify the school district board of directors and the county board of election commissioners of the certification of the petition for removal.
(A) Verify the signatures on the petition for removal within ten (10) days of its filing;
(B) Certify the petition for removal that has been verified to have the requisite number of valid signatures under this section promptly after verification; and
(C) Promptly notify the school district board of directors and the county board of election commissioners of the certification of the petition for removal.
(4) The petitioner shall have an additional ten (10) days to circulate the petition for removal if:(A) At the time the petition for removal is filed, the petition for removal contains a number of signatures equal to at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the electors who are eligible to vote for the office held by the member to be removed; and(B) The number of signatures that are verified by the county clerk as valid under this section is less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the electors who are eligible to vote for the office held by the member to be removed.
(A) At the time the petition for removal is filed, the petition for removal contains a number of signatures equal to at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the electors who are eligible to vote for the office held by the member to be removed; and
(B) The number of signatures that are verified by the county clerk as valid under this section is less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the electors who are eligible to vote for the office held by the member to be removed.
(d) (1) Except as provided under subdivision (d)(2) of this section, a recall election under this section shall be held at the next school board election.(2) If the next school board election is less than sixty (60) days after the petition for removal is certified by the county clerk, the recall election shall be held at the next school board election following the next school board election.(3) Except as provided under this section, the recall election shall be held in accordance with the laws governing the school board election.
(1) Except as provided under subdivision (d)(2) of this section, a recall election under this section shall be held at the next school board election.
(2) If the next school board election is less than sixty (60) days after the petition for removal is certified by the county clerk, the recall election shall be held at the next school board election following the next school board election.
(3) Except as provided under this section, the recall election shall be held in accordance with the laws governing the school board election.
(e) (1) If a person is removed from his or her office under this section, there is a vacancy in office.(2) When a vacancy is created under this section the vacancy shall be filled under the procedure in § 6-13-611.(3) A vacancy in office shall not be filled by an appointee who has been removed from the school district board of directors under this section.
(1) If a person is removed from his or her office under this section, there is a vacancy in office.
(2) When a vacancy is created under this section the vacancy shall be filled under the procedure in § 6-13-611.
(3) A vacancy in office shall not be filled by an appointee who has been removed from the school district board of directors under this section.
(f) A member of a school district board of directors may be subject to no more than one (1) recall petition during the member's elected term in office.