260C.11 - GOVERNING BOARD.

        260C.11  GOVERNING BOARD.
         1.  The governing board of a merged area is a board of directors
      composed of one member elected from each director district in the
      area by the electors of the respective district.  Members of the
      board shall be residents of the district from which elected.
      Successors shall be chosen at the regular school elections for
      members whose terms expire.  The term of a member of the board of
      directors is four years and commences at the organizational meeting.
      Vacancies on the board shall be filled at the next regular meeting of
      the board by appointment by the remaining members of the board.  A
      member so chosen shall be a resident of the district in which the
      vacancy occurred and shall serve until a member is elected pursuant
      to section 69.12 to fill the vacancy for the balance of the unexpired
      term.  A vacancy is defined in section 277.29.  A member shall not
      serve on the board of directors who is a member of a board of
      directors of a local school district or a member of an area education
      agency board.
         2.  Commencing with the regular school election in 1981, the
      governing board of a merged area shall consist of not less than five
      nor more than nine members.
         3.  Director districts shall be of approximately equal population
      within each merged area.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C66, 71, 73, 75, § 280A.12; C77, § 280A.12, 280A.23(2); C79, 81,
      § 280A.12, 280A.28; 82 Acts, ch 1136, § 7] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         C83, § 280A.11
         84 Acts, ch 1219, § 15; 89 Acts, ch 136, §66
         C93, § 260C.11
         2008 Acts, ch 1115, §2, 21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §101
         Referred to in § 39.24, 260C.15 
         Footnotes
         For provisions applicable to the transition from election of
      directors annually for three-year terms to the staggered election of
      directors biennially for four-year terms, see 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §
      21