(a) Upon the division of a reorganized school district into 2 or more school districts under § 1028 of this title, the school board of the divided reorganized school district shall be dissolved as of the effective date of division.
(b) Any member of the previously existing school board, including a vocational-technical school board, shall continue to serve out the term for which that member was elected or appointed in the divided school district as a member of the school board of the school district resulting from such division in which that member resides.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the State Board of Education shall appoint such additional members of the school boards of the school districts resulting from such division as are necessary to bring the total number of school board members for each such resulting district to 5 and shall designate the terms of such appointed members so that the term of 1 member shall expire each year thereafter for the succeeding 5 years. The qualified voters of any school district resulting from such division shall, at each annual election after division, elect 1 member for a term of 4 years who shall serve from the July 1 next succeeding that member's election and until that member's successor qualifies.
(d) In the case of any division of a vocational-technical school district under § 1028 of this title, the Governor shall appoint such additional members of the school boards of the vocational-technical school districts resulting from such division as are necessary to bring the total number of school board members to 7 and shall designate the terms of such appointed members so that the term of 1 member shall expire each year thereafter for the succeeding 7 years. Annually thereafter, the Governor shall appoint 1 member for a term of 7 years who shall serve from the July 1 next succeeding that member's appointment and until that member's successor qualifies.
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Chapter 10. REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Subchapter III. School Boards of Reorganized School Districts
§ 1042. School boards to which this subchapter applies.
§ 1044. Designation of official office.
§ 1045. Annual meeting; election of officers.
§ 1046. Compensation of school board members.
§ 1048. Regular and special meetings; quorum; roll call vote.
§ 1049A. Waiver of local regulations.
§ 1051. Election of school board members; exceptions.
§ 1053. Oath of office of the school board member.
§ 1054. Vacancy on school board.
§ 1055. Maintenance of school property.
§ 1056. School property; use, control and management.
§ 1057. Sale or lease of property; disposition of proceeds.
§ 1058. Controversies concerning rules and regulations of the school board.
§ 1060. False testimony is perjury.
§ 1061. School boards upon reorganization.
§ 1064. Reorganized vocational-technical school districts.
§ 1067. Election of Milford Special School District in 1969 for the Board of Education.
§ 1068. Indian River School Board [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 7].