2005 Idaho Code - 33-313 — TRUSTEE ZONES

                                  TITLE  33
                                  EDUCATION
                                  CHAPTER 3
                               SCHOOL DISTRICTS
    33-313.  TRUSTEE ZONES. Each elementary school district shall be divided
into three (3) trustee zones and each other school district shall be divided
into no fewer than five (5) or more than nine (9) trustee zones according to
the provisions of section 33-501, Idaho Code. Any proposal to define the
boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school district shall
include the determination, where appropriate, of the number of trustee zones
in such district, and the date of expiration of the term of office for each
trustee. The boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school
district shall be defined and drawn so that, as reasonably as may be, each
such zone shall have approximately the same population.
    Whenever the area of any district has been enlarged by the annexation of
all or any part of another district, or by the correction of errors in the
legal description of school district boundaries, any such additional territory
shall be included in the trustee zone or zones contiguous to such additional
territory until such time as the trustee zones may be redefined and changed.
Trustee zones may be redefined and changed, but not more than once every five
(5) years in the manner hereinafter provided.
    A proposal to redefine and change trustee zones of any district may be
initiated by its board of trustees and shall be initiated by its board of
trustees at the first meeting following the report of the decennial census,
and submitted to the state board of education, or by petition signed by not
less than fifty (50) school electors residing in the district, and presented
to the board of trustees of the district. Within one hundred twenty (120) days
following the decennial census or the receipt of a petition to redefine and
change the trustee zones of a district the board of trustees shall prepare a
proposal for a change which will equalize the population in each zone in the
district and shall submit the proposal to the state board of education. Any
proposal shall include a legal description of each trustee zone as the same
would appear as proposed, a map of the district showing how each trustee zone
would then appear, and the approximate population each would then have, should
the proposal to change any trustee zones become effective.
    Within sixty (60) days after it has received the said proposal the state
board of education may approve or disapprove the proposal to redefine and
change trustee zones and shall give notice thereof in writing to the board of
trustees of the district wherein the change is proposed. Should the state
board of education disapprove a proposal the board of trustees shall within
forty-five (45) days submit a revised proposal to the state board of
education. Should the state board of education approve the proposal, the
trustee zones shall be changed in accordance with the proposal.
    At the next regular meeting of the board of trustees following the
approval of the proposal the board shall appoint from its membership a trustee
for each new zone to serve as trustee until that incumbent trustee's three (3)
year term expires. If the current board membership includes two (2) incumbent
trustees from the same new trustee zone, the board will select the incumbent
trustee with the most seniority as a trustee to serve the remainder of his
three (3) year term. If both incumbent trustees have equal seniority, the
board will choose one (1) of the trustees by the drawing of lots. If there is
a trustee vacancy in any of the new zones, the board of trustees shall appoint
from the patrons resident in that new trustee zone, a person from that zone to
serve as trustee until the next annual meeting. At the annual election a
trustee shall be elected to serve during the term specified in the election
for the zone. The elected trustee shall assume office at the annual meeting of
the school district next following the election.