79-552 Class V school district; board of education; members; election by district; procedure; oath; qualifications; student member. - Nebraska Statutes

79-552. Class V school district; board of education; members; election by district; procedure; oath; qualifications; student member.The board of education of a Class V school district shall consist of twelve members, one elected from each district pursuant to section 32-545, and also may include a nonvoting student member or members selected pursuant to section 79-559. Each elected member shall be a resident of the district for at least six months prior to the election. Each candidate for election to and each member of the board of education shall be a taxpayer in and a resident of the district of such school district as designated pursuant to section 32-552. All persons elected as members of the board of education shall take and subscribe to the usual oath of office before the first Monday in January following their election, and the student member shall take and subscribe to the usual oath of office before the first Monday in January following his or her designation. In case any person so elected fails so to do, his or her election shall be void and the vacancy shall be filled by the board. SourceLaws 1891, c. 45, § 5, p. 318; Laws 1909, c. 131, § 1, p. 476; R.S.1913, § 7011; Laws 1915, c. 125, § 1, p. 285; C.S.1922, § 6642; C.S.1929, § 79-2705; Laws 1939, c. 106, § 1, p. 470; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 79-2705; R.S.1943, § 79-2705; Laws 1949, c. 256, § 251, p. 775; Laws 1969, c. 259, § 68, p. 1000; Laws 1975, LB 423, § 1; Laws 1981, LB 446, § 31; Laws 1982, LB 440, § 5; Laws 1994, LB 76, § 604; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1003; Laws 1996, LB 900, § 305; Laws 2002, LB 935, § 17. Cross ReferencesFor qualifications of members of board of education, see section 79-543.Vacancies, see section 79-545.