§ 6-13-613 - Temporary vacancies -- Vacancies created by failure to participate. - Arkansas Statutes

6-13-613. Temporary vacancies -- Vacancies created by failure to participate.

(a) In cases where directors have entered the services of the armed forces of the United States or its allies, temporary vacancies on such boards are declared to exist until the end of the terms of the members or until their return to civilian life in the school district if their return occurs before the expiration of their elected terms.

(b) These vacancies shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law, except that appointments of the successors shall be conditional upon the return of the members to resume their normal civilian activities in the school district. Upon return, they may resume their duties as directors for their unexpired terms by written notice to the secretaries of their respective school boards of directors.

(c) Directors appointed under the provisions of this section shall take the required oath of office and conform in all respects to legal provisions regarding directors.

(d) It shall be the duty of the secretary of the school board of directors to notify the county clerk of such appointments within five (5) days of the appointment if made by the local board. This notice shall state the name of the person whom the appointee is succeeding and the expiration date of the term of office.

(e) Directors serving in the armed forces shall be eligible for reelection in the usual manner prescribed by law. If reelected, the procedure for filling the temporary vacancies provided herein shall be again followed in the appointment of the successors to the absentees, and all other provisions of this section shall prevail.

(f) Should a local school board member accept employment at a distance from the school district such that it renders the maintenance of his or her residence in the school district impossible or impracticable, should he or she remove his or her actual, bona fide residence outside the school district boundaries, on other than a temporary basis, should he or she fail to attend a meeting of the board of directors for over a period of ninety (90) days, his or her office as a school board member, and any positions held thereon, may be declared vacant by a majority vote of the remaining school board members, and his or her successor shall be appointed as prescribed by law.

(g) If there is a majority of the directors left after the absences mentioned in this section, such majority may act without notice to those so absent as fully and as effectively as if all directors were present.

(h) If there is more than a majority remaining after such absences, notice must be given for a reasonable length of time before the meeting to directors not so absent of the time, place, and purpose of a meeting of the board of directors, unless the meeting is a regular and not a special or called meeting.