2013 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 23. ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS CHAPTER 17.2. ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN EAST CHICAGO
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IC 20-23-17.2
Chapter 17.2. Election of School Board Members in East
Chicago
IC 20-23-17.2-1
Applicability of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a school corporation located in a
city that has a population of more than twenty-nine thousand six
hundred (29,600) but less than twenty-nine thousand nine hundred
(29,900).
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.119-2012,
SEC.154.
IC 20-23-17.2-2
Applicability of other laws
Sec. 2. IC 20-23-8 does not apply to a school corporation or the
governing body of a school corporation governed by this chapter.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31.
IC 20-23-17.2-3
Governing body; members; method of election; term; represent
interests of entire school corporation
Sec. 3. (a) The governing body of the school corporation consists
of nine (9) members who shall be elected as follows:
(1) One (1) member shall be elected from each of the school
districts described in section 4 of this chapter. A member
elected under this subdivision must reside within the boundaries
of the district the member represents.
(2) Three (3) members, who must reside within the boundaries
of the school corporation, shall be elected as at-large members.
(3) All members shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis.
(4) All members shall be elected at the general election held in
the county in 2012 and each four (4) years thereafter.
(b) Upon assuming office and in conducting the business of the
governing body, a member shall represent the interests of the entire
school corporation.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31.
IC 20-23-17.2-4
Member districts
Sec. 4. The boundaries of the districts from which members of the
governing body of the school corporation are elected under section
3(a)(1) of this chapter are the same as the boundaries of the common
council districts of the city that are drawn under IC 36-4-6.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31.
IC 20-23-17.2-5
Election of members by district and at-large; petition of
nomination; requirements
Sec. 5. (a) The following apply to an election of members of the
governing body of the school corporation under section 3(a)(1) of
this chapter:
(1) Each candidate must file a petition of nomination with the
circuit court clerk not earlier than one hundred four (104) days
and not later than seventy-four (74) days before the general
election at which members are to be elected. The petition of
nomination must include the following information:
(A) The name of the candidate.
(B) The candidate's residence address and the district in
which the candidate resides.
(C) The signatures of at least twenty (20) registered voters
residing within the school corporation district the candidate
seeks to represent.
(D) A certification that the candidate meets the
qualifications for candidacy imposed by this chapter.
(2) Only eligible voters residing in the school corporation
district may vote for a candidate to represent that district.
(3) One (1) candidate shall be elected for each district. The
candidate elected for a district must reside within the
boundaries of the district. The candidate elected as the member
for a particular district is the candidate who, among all the
candidates who reside within that district, receives the greatest
number of votes from voters residing in that district.
(b) The following apply to an election of the members of the
governing body of the school corporation under section 3(a)(2) of
this chapter:
(1) Each candidate must file a petition of nomination with the
circuit court clerk not earlier than one hundred four (104) days
and not later than seventy-four (74) days before the general
election at which members are to be elected. The petition of
nomination must include the following information:
(A) The name of the candidate.
(B) The candidate's residence address.
(C) The signatures of at least one hundred (100) registered
voters residing within the school corporation.
(D) A certification that the candidate meets the
qualifications for candidacy imposed by this chapter.
(2) Only eligible voters residing in the school corporation may
vote for a candidate.
(3) Three (3) candidates shall be elected at large. The three (3)
candidates who receive the greatest number of votes among all
candidates running for an at-large seat are elected as members
of the governing body.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.219-2013,
SEC.88.
IC 20-23-17.2-6
Eligible voters
Sec. 6. Voters who reside within the boundaries of the school
corporation may vote for the candidates elected under section 3 of
this chapter. Each voter may vote only for:
(1) one (1) candidate to represent the district in which the voter
resides; and
(2) three (3) at-large candidates.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31.
IC 20-23-17.2-7
Balloting procedures
Sec. 7. The state board, with assistance from the county election
board, shall establish balloting procedures under IC 3 for the election
and all other procedures required to implement this chapter.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31.
IC 20-23-17.2-8
Term of office
Sec. 8. (a) The term of each person elected to serve on the
governing body of the school corporation is four (4) years.
(b) The term of each person elected to serve on the governing
body begins on the date set in the school corporation's organization
plan. The date set in the organization plan for an elected member of
the governing body to take office may not be more than fourteen (14)
months after the date of the member's election. If the school
corporation's organization plan does not set a date for an elected
member of the governing body to take office, the member takes
office January 1 immediately following the person's election.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.219-2013,
SEC.89.
IC 20-23-17.2-9
Elected at general election
Sec. 9. The members of the governing body of the school
corporation shall be elected at the general election to be held in 2012
and every four (4) years thereafter.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31.
IC 20-23-17.2-10
Vacancies
Sec. 10. A vacancy in the office of a member of the governing
body of the school corporation shall be filled temporarily by the
governing body as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs. An
individual filling a vacancy under this section serves until the
expiration of the term of the member whose position the individual
fills.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31.
IC 20-23-17.2-11
Statement filed with state superintendent; requirements
Sec. 11. (a) Before August 1 of each year, the school corporation
shall file with the state superintendent the following information:
(1) A list containing the names and addresses of each member
of the governing body of the school corporation and the date of
the expiration of each member's term of office.
(2) A list containing the names and addresses of each of the
school corporation's officers and the date of the expiration of
each officer's term of office.
(b) The school corporation shall notify the state superintendent of
any change in the information previously filed under subsection (a)
not later than thirty (30) days after the change occurs.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31.
IC 20-23-17.2-12
Schedule of election; transfer of powers, duties, and functions;
transfer of property and records
Sec. 12. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the terms of the
members of the governing body of the school corporation who hold
office on December 31, 2012, expire January 1, 2013.
(b) On January 1, 2013, all powers, duties, and functions adhering
to the governing body of the school corporation in existence on
December 31, 2012, are transferred to the governing body
established under this chapter.
(c) On January 1, 2013, the property and records of the governing
body of the school corporation in existence on December 31, 2012,
are transferred to the governing body established under this chapter.
(d) This section expires July 1, 2016.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.31.
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