Idaho

I.C. § 33-501

IDAHO CODE

TITLE 33. EDUCATION

§ 33-501 Board of trustees.

Each school district shall be governed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees of each elementary school district shall consist of three (3) members, and the board of trustees of each other school district shall consist of five (5) members. Provided, however, that the board of trustees of any district which has had a change in its district boundaries subsequent to June 30, 1973, may consist of no fewer than five (5) or more than nine (9) members if such provisions are included as part of an approved proposal to redefine and change trustee zones as provided in > section 33-313, Idaho Code. Except as otherwise provided by law, a school district trustee shall be elected for a term of three (3) years or until the annual meeting of his district held during the year in which his term expires.

Each trustee shall at the time of his nomination and election, or appointment, be a school district elector of his district and a resident of the trustee zone from which nominated and elected, or appointed.

Each trustee shall qualify for and assume office at the annual meeting of his school district next following his election, or, if appointed, at the regular meeting of the board of trustees next following such appointment. An oath of office shall be administered to each trustee, whether elected, re-elected or appointed. Said oath may be administered by the clerk, or by a trustee, of the district, and the records of the district shall show such oath of office to have been taken, and by whom administered and shall be filed with the official records of the district.

I.C. § 33-504

IDAHO CODE

TITLE 33. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 5. DISTRICT TRUSTEES

§ 33-504 Vacancies on boards of trustees.

A vacancy shall be declared by the board of trustees when any nominee has been elected but has failed to qualify for office, or within thirty (30) days of when any trustee shall (a) die; (b) resign as trustee; (c) remove himself from his trustee zone of residence; (d) no longer be a resident or school district elector of the district; (e) refuse to serve as trustee; (f) without excuse acceptable to the board of trustees, fail to attend four (4) consecutive regular meetings of the board; or (g) be recalled and discharged from office as provided in > section 33-439, Idaho Code.

Such declaration of vacancy shall be made at any regular or special meeting of the board of trustees, at which any of the above-mentioned conditions are determined to exist.

The board of trustees shall appoint to such vacancy a person qualified to serve as trustee of the school district provided there remains in membership on the board of trustees a majority of the membership thereof, and the board shall notify the state superintendent of public instruction of the appointment. Such appointment shall be made within ninety (90) days of the declaration of vacancy. Otherwise, appointments shall be made by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is situate, or of the home county if the district be a joint district.

Any person appointed as herein provided shall serve until the annual meeting of school district trustees next following such appointment. At the annual election a trustee shall be elected to complete the unexpired term of the office which was declared vacant and filled by appointment.

The elected trustee shall assume office at the annual meeting of the school district next following the election.

I.C. § 33-405

IDAHO CODE

TITLE 33. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 4. SCHOOL ELECTIONS

§ 33-405 Qualifications of school electors.

Any person voting, or offering to vote, in any school election must be, at the time of the election eighteen (18) years of age and a United States citizen who has resided in this state and in the school district at least thirty (30) days next preceding the election in which the elector desires to vote. In the case of election of trustees, the elector must be a resident of the same trustee zone as the candidate or candidates for school district trustees for whom the elector offers to vote for at least thirty (30) days next preceding the election in which the elector desires to vote.

Registration requirements set forth in chapter 4, title 34, Idaho Code, shall be applicable to school elections, and in addition to the foregoing qualifications, a school elector shall have executed, in writing and immediately before voting, a form of elector's oath attesting that he or she possesses the qualifications of a school elector prescribed by this section and indicating the mailing address, residence address or any other necessary information definitely locating the residence of the school elector. The elector may be required to furnish to the election official proof of residence, which proof shall be established by either an Idaho motor vehicle driver's license or any other document definitely establishing the elector's residence within the school district or trustee zone.