Open Government & Compliance

Membership: The Board shall consist of seven members.

Method of Election: Election of Board members shall be by place.

Election Date: General election of Board members shall be on the May uniform election date.

Terms and Election Schedule: Board members shall be elected for three-year terms, with elections conducted annually, as follows:

• Places 1, 2, and 3: The election for places 1, 2, and 3 shall be held in 2027, 2030, 2033, and in three-year intervals thereafter.
• Places 4 and 5:  The election for places 4 and 5 shall be held in 2025, 2028, 2031, and in three-year intervals thereafter.
• Places 6 and 7:  The election for places 6 and 7 shall be held in 2026, 2029, 2032, and in three-year intervals thereafter.

Method of Voting (Plurality): The candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the number of seats with expiring terms shall be elected.

POLICY BBB (LOCAL)

An application for place on the ballot must be filed with the superintendent's secretary. In a special election held by a school district, an application for a place on the special election ballot must be filed with the superintendent's secretary.

After the call for each annual election, candidates make request an application form and other required documentation from the superintendent's secretary.

The Texas Secretary of State also has information available.

To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of school board member, a person must:

1. Be a United States citizen.
2. Be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable.
3. Have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.
4. Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities [but see Ineligibility below].
5. Have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date:
   1. For an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot.
   2. For a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in.
   3. For an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made.
6. Be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described at item 5, above.

POLICY BBA (LEGAL)