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IN HB1428

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/15/2019

Primary Sponsor

Todd Huston

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Beginning in 2023, school board members must be elected at municipal general elections (held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in odd-numbered years before presidential election years) rather than at general elections held in even-numbered years

  • Members elected at the 2020 or 2022 general elections will have their successors elected at the 2023 municipal general election, with successors taking office when current terms expire and serving four-year terms

  • All school board members will serve four-year terms; the bill eliminates previous provisions for staggered initial terms where some members served two-year terms

  • Applies to multiple types of school corporations including community school corporations, metropolitan school districts, merged school corporations, and Indianapolis Public Schools

  • Effective date is July 1, 2019, with transition provisions expiring January 1, 2029

Legislative Description

School board elections. Provides that, beginning in 2023, school board members selected by election must be elected at municipal general elections. (Under current law, school board members selected by election must be elected at general elections.) Makes conforming changes.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment

1/15/2019

Committee Referrals

Elections and Apportionment1/15/2019

Full Bill Text

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