279.6 - VACANCIES -- QUALIFICATION -- TENURE. - Iowa Statutes

279.6 VACANCIES -- QUALIFICATION -- TENURE. Vacancies occurring among the officers or members of a school board shall be filled by the board by appointment. A person so appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified pursuant to section 69.12. A person appointed to fill a vacancy in an appointive office shall hold such office for the residue of the unexpired term and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Any person so appointed shall qualify within ten days thereafter in the manner required by section 277.28. A vacancy shall be filled at the next regular school election if a member of a school board resigns from the board not later than forty-five days before the election and the notice of resignation specifies an effective date at the beginning of the next term of office for elective school officials. The president of the board shall declare the office vacant as of the date of the next organizational meeting. Nomination papers shall be received for the unexpired term of the resigning member. The person elected at the next regular school election to fill the vacancy shall take office at the same time and place as the other elected school board members.          Section History: Early Form [C51, § 1120; R60, § 2037, 2038, 2079; C73, § 1730, 1738; C97, § 2758, 2771, 2772; S13, § 2758, 2771, 2772; C24, § 4223; C27, 31, 35, § 4223-a2; C39, § 4223.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 279.6]          Section History: Recent Form 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §91, 115 Referred to in § 275.25, 275.41