275.37 - INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. - Iowa Statutes

275.37 INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. At the next succeeding regular school election in a district where the number of directors has been increased from five to seven, and directors are elected at large, there shall be elected a director to succeed each incumbent director whose term is expiring in that year, and two additional directors. Upon organizing as required by section 279.1, either one or two of the newly elected directors who received the fewest votes in the election shall be assigned a term of two years as necessary in order that as nearly as possible one-half of the members of the board shall be elected biennially. If some or all directors are elected from director districts, the board shall assign terms appropriate for the method of election used by the district.          Section History: Early Form [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 275.37, 275.38; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 275.37]          Section History: Recent Form 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §85, 115; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §14, 21 Referred to in § 39.24, 275.38, 277.23, 278.1          Footnotes For provisions applicable to the transition from election of directors annually for three-year terms to the staggered election of directors biennially for four-year terms, see 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §21