Indiana Code 20-23-4-30. School corporation governing body members; tie votes; vacancies; term of office
(b) If a tie vote occurs among any of the candidates, the tie vote shall be resolved under IC 3-12-9-4.
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(1) a tie vote occurs among the members of the governing body under this subsection or IC 3-12-9-4; or
(2) the governing body fails to act within thirty (30) days after any vacancy occurs;
the judge of the circuit court in the county where the majority of registered voters of the school corporation reside shall make the appointment.
(d) A vacancy in the governing body occurs if a member ceases to be a resident of any community school corporation. A vacancy does not occur when the member moves from a district of the school corporation from which the member was elected or appointed if the member continues to be a resident of the school corporation.
(e) At the first general election in which members of the governing body are elected:
(1) a simple majority of the candidates elected as members of the governing body who receive the greatest number of votes shall be elected for four (4) year terms; and
(2) the balance of the candidates elected as members of the governing body receiving the next greatest number of votes shall be elected for two (2) year terms.
Thereafter, all school board members shall be elected for four (4) year terms.
(f) Elected governing body members take office and assume their duties on the date set in the school corporation’s organization plan. The date set in the organization plan for an elected member of the governing body to take office may not be more than fourteen (14) months after the date of the member’s election. If the school corporation’s organization plan does not set a date for an elected member of the governing body to take office, the member takes office January 1 immediately after the member’s election.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-26.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.78; P.L.179-2011, SEC.12; P.L.219-2013, SEC.78; P.L.193-2021, SEC.102.