§ 6-13-634 - School district board of directors -- Size. - Arkansas Statutes

6-13-634. School district board of directors -- Size.

(a) All school districts shall have a board of directors with five (5) members or seven (7) members or nine (9) members in the case of a school district having an average daily attendance of twenty-four thousand (24,000) or more.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to those school districts that have a board of directors of seven (7) members, or in the case of a school district having an average daily attendance of twenty-four thousand (24,000) or more, nine (9) members, if that school district is operating under a court order or a consolidation agreement that provides for a board of directors.

(c) (1) No board of directors shall have an even number of directors.

(2) No less than ninety (90) days prior to the next annual school election, any school district with an even number of directors shall file a petition with the State Board of Education to establish the requisite odd number of directors.

(3) If the number of members of a board of directors needs to be reduced to create an odd number of directors, the board of directors in office on August 12, 2005 shall draw lots to determine which board positions will be eliminated.

(d) Any change in the number of directors serving on the local school board of directors required under this section shall be effective upon the directors taking office following the 2005 annual school election.