Sec. 3301.02. (A) Elected voting members of the state
board | 11 |
of education
as of the date of a change in district boundaries | 12 |
pursuant to
legislation enacted by the general assembly or | 13 |
division (B)(2) of
section 3301.01 of the Revised Code shall | 14 |
continue in office
until their successors are elected and | 15 |
qualified for office, at
which time the board whose successors | 16 |
have been so qualified
shall be dissolved. At the first regular | 17 |
state election that
occurs after a change in the boundaries of | 18 |
state board of
education districts, in conformity with the general | 19 |
election laws
of this state, one board member shall be elected | 20 |
from each state
board of education district for a term of office | 21 |
beginning the
first day of January immediately following such | 22 |
election. The
term of office of each elected member shall be | 23 |
determined by lot at the
initial organization meeting of the | 24 |
board. The elected members
shall by lot select six elected | 25 |
members, each of whom
shall serve for a
term of four years or | 26 |
until a successor is elected and
qualified, and the
remaining | 27 |
elected members shall each serve for a term of two years or
until | 28 |
a successor is elected and qualified. | 29 |
(B) At each subsequent regular state election, in
conformity | 30 |
with the general election laws of this state, the elected
members | 31 |
shall be elected as required by expiration of respective
terms, | 32 |
each for a term of four years or until a successor is
elected and | 33 |
qualified. One elected member shall be elected from each
district | 34 |
respectively in which the term of office of a board
member expires | 35 |
on the first day of January following the election
except that, | 36 |
when the boundaries of state board of education
districts are | 37 |
changed pursuant to legislation enacted by the
general assembly or | 38 |
division (B)(2) of section 3301.01 of the
Revised Code, division | 39 |
(A) of this section shall govern the
election. The term of office | 40 |
of each member so elected shall
begin on the first day of January | 41 |
immediately following this
election. | 42 |
(B) At any time the boundaries of state board of education | 43 |
districts are changed, under division (B) of section
3301.01 of | 44 |
the Revised Code, a member of the state board whose
term will not | 45 |
expire within two years of the time the change in
boundaries is | 46 |
made shall represent, for the remainder of the term
for which the | 47 |
member was elected, the state board district
containing the | 48 |
largest portion of the population of the district
from which the | 49 |
member was elected. If more than one member whose
term will not | 50 |
so expire would represent the same district under
the provisions | 51 |
of this section, either the general assembly, if the general | 52 |
assembly enacted legislation establishing those districts under | 53 |
division (B)(2) of section 3301.01 of the Revised Code, or
the | 54 |
governor, if the governor designated the bounderies of the | 55 |
districts under that division, shall
designate which member shall | 56 |
represent each district for the
balance of the members' terms. | 57 |
Section 3. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency | 71 |
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 72 |
peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is that | 73 |
the State Board of Education otherwise will be dissolved and | 74 |
recreated upon the establishment of new districts, thereby | 75 |
requiring an election of all elected members in 2002. Therefore, | 76 |
this act shall go into immediate effect. | 77 |