HB 360 Summary

• Moves school board elections from the second Tuesday of May to coincide with general elections (first Tuesday after the first Monday in November), beginning in 2016

• Shifts school board annual meetings from July to January, effective 2015, and transitions all board members' terms to start on January 1 with 4-year terms starting in 2016

• Requires school board candidates to be registered voters and restricts voting in school board elections to registered voters, aligning them with general election requirements

• Places school board member candidates on the general election ballot and applies campaign finance disclosure laws to school board elections

• Implements staggered transition terms from 2011-2015 to align existing board members' term expiration dates with general election years