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BOARD  MEMBER  QUALIFICATIONS

(Governing Board Membership)

A person who is a registered voter of this state, has been a resident of the District for one (1) year immediately preceding the day of election, and is not subject to registration as a sex offender in this state or any other jurisdiction is eligible for election or appointment to the office of Governing Board member.

No employee of the District, including a person who directly provides certificated or support services to the District as an employee of a third-party contractor, or the spouse of such employee may hold membership on the Governing Board of this District.  Small school Districts, as defined by A.R.S. 15-901, are granted an exception regarding employment of substitute teachers. [A.R.S. 15-421(E)].

A Governing Board member is ineligible to serve simultaneously as a member of any other school district governing board, except that a Governing Board member may be a candidate for nomination or election for any other governing board if serving in the last year of a term of office.

Five-Member  Board  Same
Household  Limitation

By legislative restriction applicable to five (5) member Boards, persons related as immediate family and having the same household within four (4) years:

A.  Shall not serve simultaneously on the Governing Board.

B.  Are ineligible to be a candidate for nomination or election to the Governing Board, except when a member is serving in the last year of a term of office.

C.  Are ineligible to be simultaneous candidates for nomination or election to the Governing Board.

Exception:

For a school district located in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons and a student count of at least two hundred fifty, two persons related by affinity, by consanguinity, or by law to the third degree:

A.  May serve simultaneously on the Governing Board.

B.  Are eligible to be candidates for nomination or election to the Governing Board.

C.  May be simultaneous candidates for nomination or election to the Governing Board. 

A qualified elector residing in the District may bring an action in Superior Court to enforce these restrictions.

For purposes of this policy, the definitions of "immediate family" and "household of residence" set out in A.R.S. 15-421 shall apply.

Adopted:  November 20, 2005

LEGAL REF.:
A.R.S.
15-302
15-421
38-201
38-296.01
Arizona Constitution, Article VII, Section 15