CHAPTER 1. Election of School District Board Members [5000. - 5095.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 5000–5095 · 32 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Elections §§ 5000–5033 · 26 sections

   • § 5000 After the initial election of governing board members in any school district or community college district, a governing board member election shall be held…
   • § 5009 The governing board of any school district or community college district having trustee areas and which elects more than one member from any of such trustee…
   • § 5013 The form of ballot for governing board member elections shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13 of the Elections Code.
   • § 5014 Any election held for the purpose of electing governing board members of any school district, or community college district, including additional governing…
   • § 5015.7 If the governing board of Santa Clarita Community College adopts election procedures with number assignments to each board seat pursuant to Section 5015.5,…
   • § 5016 (a) If a tie vote makes it impossible to determine either which of two or more candidates has been elected to the governing board or the term of office of a…
   • § 5017 Each person elected at a regular biennial governing board member election shall hold office for a term of four years commencing on the second Friday in…
   • § 5018 Any elementary school district having a governing board of three members may, and any elementary school district having a governing board of three members…
   • § 5019 (a) (1) In any school district or community college district, the county committee on school district organization may establish trustee areas, rearrange the…
   • § 5019.5 (a) Following each decennial federal census, the governing board of each school district or community college district in which trustee areas have been…
   • § 5020 (a) (1) The resolution of the county committee approving a proposal to establish or abolish trustee areas, to adopt one of the alternative methods of electing…
   • § 5021 (a) If a proposal for the establishment of trustee areas formulated under Sections 5019 and 5020 is approved by a majority of the voters voting at the…
   • § 5022 If the number of members of the governing board is increased from five to seven, the two additional members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the…
   • § 5023 (a) Whenever an elementary, high school, or unified school district, or a portion of any such district, is annexed to another school district in which trustee…
   • § 5024 The county committee may provide that an election to elect trustees, pursuant to its recommendations under Section 5023, shall be held at the same time as is…
   • § 5025 If an election is called or a resolution of the county committee approving a proposal to establish trustee areas is adopted, as applicable, pursuant to Section…
   • § 5026 Members elected to fill vacancies created pursuant to Section 5025 shall serve out the unexpired term of the office that was terminated. The county committee…
   • § 5027 Notwithstanding Section 5019, Section 5019.5, or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21100) of Division 21 of the Elections Code, whenever the boundaries of a…
   • § 5028 In every community college district that was divided into five trustee areas on or before September 7, 1955, one member of the board shall be elected from each…
   • § 5029 Notwithstanding Section 5028, when a community college trustee ward boundary line falls upon an election precinct boundary line, and the election precinct…
   • § 5030 Except as provided in Sections 5027 and 5028, in any school district or community college district having trustee areas, the county committee on school…
   • § 5030.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board in the Sweetwater Union High School District may be elected under a method, as…
   • § 5030.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board of the Chula Vista Elementary School District may be elected under a method, as…
   • § 5030.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board of the Santee Elementary School District may be elected under a method, as…
   • § 5031 Whenever a school district or community college district is divided for governing board membership purposes into wards, supervisorial districts, or trustee…
   • § 5033 A member of the governing board of a district wholly or partially included in a unified school district formed under the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing…
2. ARTICLE 3. Vacancies §§ 5090–5095 · 6 sections

   • § 5090 Vacancies on school district governing boards or community college district boards are caused by any of the events specified in Section 1770 of the Government…
   • § 5091 (a) (1) If a vacancy occurs, or if a resignation has been filed with the county superintendent of schools containing a deferred effective date, the school…
   • § 5092 (a) If a provisional appointment is made to the governing board of a school district to fill a vacancy that occurs or will occur pursuant to Section 5091, the…
   • § 5093 (a) There shall be no special election or appointment to fill a vacancy on a governing board if the vacancy occurs within four months of the end of the term of…
   • § 5094 If for any reason vacancies should occur in a majority of the offices on any school district or community college district governing board, the president of…
   • § 5095 Whenever any of the offices on any school district governing board or community college district governing board is vacant, the remaining governing board…