Board of Trustees: Terms and Qualifications

Board of Trustees: Terms and Qualifications. (a) Members of the Board shall serve staggered terms of four years, provided that at the first meeting of the Board, which consists of all seven members to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, the members shall choose lots to designate three members who shall serve for four years, two members who shall serve for three years, and two members who shall serve for two years. (b) Members of the Board must have the following qualifications: (1) Resident of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and citizen of the United States of America; (2) Demonstrated capability for representing objectively the Commonwealth’s career and technical training fields with regard to manpower demands and program direction to meet the overall development needs within the community, the government, business, and industry.* (3) No Board member may be a current employee of the Northern Marianas Technical Institute nor a current employee of the Government. (4) No Board member shall serve as a Trustee for more than eight years consecutively. *So in original. Source: PL 20-92 § 2 (Feb. 18, 2019), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission placed a comma before “which” in (a) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).