275.37A - DECREASE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. - Iowa Statutes

275.37A DECREASE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. 1. A change from seven to five directors shall be effected in a district at the first regular school election after authorization by the voters in the following manner: a. If at the first election in the district there are four terms expiring, three directors shall be elected. At the second election in that district, if three terms are expiring, two directors shall be elected. b. If at the first election there are three terms expiring, two directors shall be elected. At the second election in that district, if four terms are expiring, three directors shall be elected. 2. If some or all of the directors are elected from director districts, the board shall devise a plan to reduce the number of members so that as nearly as possible one-half of the members of the board shall be elected biennially and so that each district will be continuously represented.          Section History: Recent Form 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §86, 115; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §15, 21 Referred to in § 39.24          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