Missouri
V.A.M.S. 162.091
VERNON'S ANNOTATED MISSOURI STATUTES
TITLE XI. EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
CHAPTER 162. SCHOOL DISTRICTS
GENERALLY
§ 162.091. Neglect or refusal to comply with school laws by public official a misdemeanor penalty
Any county clerk, county treasurer, school board member, officer or employee, or other officer, who willfully neglects or refuses to perform any duty imposed upon him by chapters 160 to 168, 170, 171, 177 and 178, RSMo, or who willfully violates any provision of these chapters, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year.
V.A.M.S. 162.203
§ 162.203. Newly elected or appointed board members--orientation and training
1. Board members initially elected or appointed under section 162.291, 162.459, 162.471, or 162.581 after August 28, 1993, in addition to the qualifications prescribed in those sections, shall successfully complete orientation and training requirements within one year of the date of the election or appointment. The orientation and training shall consist of at least sixteen hours with the cost of such training to be paid by the district.
2. All programs providing the orientation and training required under the provisions of this section shall be offered by a statewide association organized for the benefit of members of boards of education or be approved by the state board of education.
V.A.M.S. 162.241
VERNON'S ANNOTATED MISSOURI STATUTES
TITLE XI. EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
CHAPTER 162. SCHOOL DISTRICTS
SEVEN-DIRECTOR
§ 162.241. Election of directors in newly formed district
If a proposal to form a district pursuant to the provisions of sections 162.171 to 162.191, 162.211 and 162.221, or section 162.223 receives the required majority of the votes cast on the proposition, the state board of education or the county commission, in the case of a district formed pursuant to the provisions of sections 162.171 to 162.191 or 162.211 and 162.221, shall order an election in the district to be held. This election shall be for the purpose of electing seven members to serve on the school board of the district. Such election shall be held on the next election day as provided under > section 115.123, RSMo. The election shall be conducted in the manner provided by section 162.371. A letter from the commissioner of education, delivered by certified mail to the presiding commissioner of the county commission of the county to which the district formed by provisions of section 162.223 is assigned shall be the authority for the county commission to proceed with election procedures in the same manner as they would be performed by the district board of education were it in existence; but the costs of the election shall be paid from the incidental fund of the new district. Two directors shall be elected to serve until the next municipal election, two to serve until the second municipal election, and two to serve until the third municipal election. The seventh board member shall be elected to serve until the municipal election during which the majority of school districts elect three board members.
V.A.M.S. 162.261
§ 162.261. Six-director district, board of, terms--vacancies
The government and control of a six-director school district, other than an urban district, is vested in a board of education of six members, who hold their office for three years, except as provided in section 162.241, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in the board shall be filled by the remaining members of the board; except that if there are more than two vacancies at any one time, the county commission upon receiving written notice of the vacancies shall fill the vacancies by appointment. The person appointed shall hold office until the next municipal election, when a director shall be elected for the unexpired term.
V.A.M.S. 162.291
§ 162.291. Directors--election--qualifications
The voters of each six-director district other than urban districts shall, at municipal elections, elect two directors who are citizens of the United States and resident taxpayers of the district, who have resided in this state for one year next preceding their election or appointment, and who are at least twenty- four years of age.
V.A.M.S. 162.303
§ 162.303. Failure of member to attend board meetings, effect--attendance, defined--vacancies, how filled
1. For the purposes of this section, "attendance" shall be defined as actual, physical attendance at the board meeting until all of the business of the board has been completed unless a member is excused by a majority of the board. This subsection shall not apply to seven-director districts.
2. Any member of the school board of a six-director district, including urban districts, failing to attend the meetings of the board for three consecutive regular meetings, unless excused by the board for reasons satisfactory to the board, shall be deemed to have vacated the seat; and the secretary of the board shall certify that fact to the board. The vacancy shall be filled as other vacancies occurring in the board.
V.A.M.S. 162.391
§ 162.391. Employment of board members prohibited--secretary and treasurer, compensated, when
No member of any board of education of a six-director district, any portion of which is located in a first class county, shall hold any office or employment of profit from the board while a member thereof. No member of any board of education of a six-director district, any portion of which is located in a county of the second, third or fourth class, shall, except as provided in > sections 105.450 to > 105.458, RSMo, hold any office or employment of profit from the board while a member thereof. The secretary and treasurer, if not members of the board, may receive reasonable compensation for their services.
V.A.M.S. 162.471
VERNON'S ANNOTATED MISSOURI STATUTES
TITLE XI. EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
CHAPTER 162. SCHOOL DISTRICTS
URBAN (DISTRICTS CONTAINING ALL OR THE MAJOR PORTION OF A CITY OF 75,000 TO 700,000)
§ 162.471. Board of directors--qualifications, terms, vacancies
The government and control of an urban school district is vested in a board of six directors, except that in urban districts containing the greater part of a city of more than three hundred thousand inhabitants the board shall be composed of nine directors. Each director shall be a voter of the district, who has resided within this state for one year next preceding his election or appointment and who is at least twenty-four years of age. All directors, except as herein provided, hold their offices for six years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. All vacancies occurring in the board shall be filled by appointment by the board as soon as practicable, and the person appointed shall hold his office until the next school board election, when his successor shall be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term. The power of the board to perform any official duty during the existence of a vacancy continues unimpaired thereby.
V.A.M.S. 162.481
§ 162.481. Biennial elections in urban districts--terms of directors-- districts moving into urban class
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all elections of school directors in urban districts shall be held biennially at the same times and places as municipal elections.
2. In any urban district which includes all or the major part of a city which first obtained a population of more than seventy-five thousand inhabitants by reason of the 1960 federal decennial census, elections of directors shall be held on municipal election days of even-numbered years. The directors of the prior district shall continue as directors of the urban district until their successors are elected as herein provided. On the first Tuesday in April, 1964, four directors shall be elected, two for terms of two years to succeed the two directors of the prior district who were elected in 1960 and two for terms of six years to succeed the two directors of the prior district who were elected in 1961. The successors of these directors shall be elected for terms of six years. On the first Tuesday in April, 1968, two directors shall be elected for terms to commence on November 5, 1968, and to terminate on the first Tuesday in April, 1974, when their successors shall be elected for terms of six years. No director shall serve more than two consecutive six-year terms after October 13, 1963.
3. Hereafter when a six-director district becomes an urban district, the directors of the prior six-director district shall continue as directors of the urban district until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected and until their successors are elected as provided in this subsection. The first biennial school election for directors shall be held in the urban district at the time provided in subsection 1 which is on the date of or subsequent to the expiration of the terms of the directors of the prior district which are first to expire, and directors shall be elected to succeed the directors of the prior district whose terms have expired. If the terms of two directors only have expired, the directors elected at the first biennial school election in the urban district shall be elected for terms of six years. If the terms of four directors have expired, two directors shall be elected for terms of six years and two shall be elected for terms of four years. At the next succeeding biennial election held in the urban district, successors for the remaining directors of the prior six-director district shall be elected. If only two directors are to be elected they shall be elected for terms of six years each. If four directors are to be elected, two shall be elected for terms of six years and two shall be elected for terms of two years. After six directors of the urban district have been elected under this subsection, their successors shall be elected for terms of six years.