HB 96 Summary

• Requires all local school board members to be elected at the statewide general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning in November 2019 and every four years thereafter.

• Changes school board member terms to four years instead of varying terms, with all terms synchronized to end at the same time.

• Requires candidates to file nominating petitions signed by at least 50 qualified electors (or 20% if fewer than 100 qualified electors exist) between 60-90 days before the general election.

• Establishes procedures for filling board vacancies by appointment within 60 days, with appointed members serving until the next general election when replacements are elected.

• Requires county school district board boundaries to be coterminous with county supervisors districts, and municipal separate school districts to apportion into five single-member trustee election districts by population.