Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 3 histories
162.492. Director districts, candidates from subdistricts and at large — terms — vacancy, how filled. — 1. In all urban districts containing the greater part of the population of a city which has more than three hundred thousand inhabitants, the election authority of the city in which the greater portion of the school district lies, and of the county if the district includes territory not within the city limits, shall serve ex officio as a redistricting commission. The commission shall on or before November 1, 2018, divide the school district into five subdistricts, all subdistricts being of compact and contiguous territory and as nearly equal in the number of inhabitants as practicable and thereafter the board shall redistrict the district into subdivisions as soon as practicable after each United States decennial census. In establishing the subdistricts each member shall have one vote and a majority vote of the total membership of the commission is required to make effective any action of the commission.
2. School elections for the election of directors shall be held on municipal election days in 2014 and 2016. At the election in 2014, directors shall be elected to hold office until 2019 and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the election in 2016, directors shall be elected until 2019 and until their successors are elected and qualified. Beginning in 2019, school elections for the election of directors shall be held on the local election date as specified in the charter of a home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county. Beginning at the election for school directors in 2019, the number of directors on the board shall be reduced from nine to seven. Two directors shall be at-large directors and five directors shall represent the subdistricts, with one director from each of the subdistricts. At the 2019 election, one of the at-large directors and the directors from subdistricts one, three, and five shall be elected for a two-year term, and the other at-large director and the directors from subdistricts two and four shall be elected for a four-year term. Thereafter, all seven directors shall serve a four-year term. Directors shall serve until the next election and until their successors, then elected, are duly qualified as provided in this section. In addition to other qualifications prescribed by law, each member elected from a subdistrict shall be a resident of the subdistrict from which he or she is elected. The subdistricts shall be numbered from one to five.
3. The five candidates, one from each of the subdistricts, who receive a plurality of the votes cast by the voters of that subdistrict and the at-large candidates receiving a plurality of the at-large votes shall be elected. The name of no candidate for nomination shall be printed on the ballot unless the candidate has at least sixty days prior to the election filed a declaration of candidacy with the secretary of the board of directors containing the signatures of at least two hundred fifty registered voters who are residents of the subdistrict within which the candidate for nomination to a subdistrict office resides, and in case of at-large candidates the signatures of at least five hundred registered voters. The election authority shall determine the validity of all signatures on declarations of candidacy.
4. In any election either for at-large candidates or candidates elected by the voters of subdistricts, if there are more than two candidates, a majority of the votes are not required to elect but the candidate having a plurality of the votes shall be elected.
5. The names of all candidates shall appear upon the ballot without party designation and in the order of the priority of the times of filing their petitions of nomination. No candidate may file both at large and from a subdistrict and the names of all candidates shall appear only once on the ballot, nor may any candidate file more than one declaration of candidacy. All declarations shall designate the candidate's residence and whether the candidate is filing at large or from a subdistrict and the numerical designation of the subdistrict or at-large area.
6. The provisions of all sections relating to seven-director school districts shall also apply to and govern urban districts in cities of more than three hundred thousand inhabitants, to the extent applicable and not in conflict with the provisions of those sections specifically relating to such urban districts.
7. Vacancies which occur on the school board between the dates of election shall be filled by special election if such vacancy happens more than six months prior to the time of holding an election as provided in subsection 2 of this section. The state board of education shall order a special election to fill such a vacancy. A letter from the commissioner of education, delivered by certified mail to the election authority or authorities that would normally conduct an election for school board members shall be the authority for the election authority or authorities to proceed with election procedures. If a vacancy occurs less than six months prior to the time of holding an election as provided in subsection 2 of this section, no special election shall occur and the vacancy shall be filled at the next election day on which local elections are held as specified in the charter of any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county.
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(L. 1967 p. 232, A.L. 1969 p. 265, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 2009 S.B. 291, A.L. 2013 S.B. 258, A.L. 2017 S.B. 283)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XI - Education and Libraries
Chapter 162 - School Districts
Section 162.014 - Registered sex offenders prohibited from being school board candidates.
Section 162.031 - Division or addition to district — apportionment of property and obligations.
Section 162.051 - Special board meetings, how called — notice.
Section 162.058 - Community engagement policy, requirements.
Section 162.063 - School districts may provide hospital and medical coverage for students, when.
Section 162.064 - Bus drivers, medical endorsement required, when.
Section 162.065 - Bus driver training required.
Section 162.073 - Definitions.
Section 162.085 - Lapse of district upon withdrawal of provisional accreditation.
Section 162.152 - Section of district reorganization created — duties.
Section 162.171 - Reorganization plans may be proposed.
Section 162.181 - Reorganization, procedure.
Section 162.191 - Election in proposed district.
Section 162.201 - Certification of election results.
Section 162.202 - Consolidation of two or more school districts, tax rate ceiling how calculated.
Section 162.204 - Permanent records, digital or electronic format permitted.
Section 162.208 - Internet websites, required postings.
Section 162.211 - Seven-director district, who may establish.
Section 162.212 - Six-director school district to be known as seven-director school district.
Section 162.215 - School officers may be commissioned to enforce certain criminal laws.
Section 162.221 - Seven-director district, procedure to organize.
Section 162.231 - Failure to approve proposed district — effect.
Section 162.241 - Election of directors in newly formed district — costs of election, how paid.
Section 162.281 - Candidate to declare for term of specific number of years, when.
Section 162.291 - Directors — election — qualifications.
Section 162.301 - Organization of board — quorum — officers.
Section 162.311 - Name of district adopted, when — seal required.
Section 162.321 - Change of district name — effect.
Section 162.341 - Annual election, when held.
Section 162.351 - Election commissioners to conduct elections in certain districts.
Section 162.371 - Secretary to issue certificates.
Section 162.381 - Conduct of special elections.
Section 162.401 - Treasurer's bond.
Section 162.411 - Board may employ attorney.
Section 162.441 - Annexation — procedure, alternative — form of ballot.
Section 162.451 - Dissolution of district.
Section 162.461 - Corporate powers of urban districts.
Section 162.471 - Board of directors — qualifications, terms, vacancies.
Section 162.501 - Secretary to issue certificates of election.
Section 162.511 - Duties, restrictions and liabilities of the board — quorum — seal.
Section 162.521 - Selection of officers of the board — terms — removal.
Section 162.531 - Duties of the secretary — bond.
Section 162.541 - Bond of treasurer.
Section 162.551 - Compensation of treasurer and secretary.
Section 162.571 - Corporate powers of metropolitan district — board of education, powers.
Section 162.591 - Organization of board — board to appoint acting superintendent, when.
Section 162.603 - Nominations — procedure.
Section 162.611 - Failure to attend board meetings, effect — vacancies, how filled.
Section 162.621 - Powers and duties of board of education — special administrative board.
Section 162.631 - Jurisdiction of circuit court over board — how exercised.
Section 162.641 - Treasurer, duties — bond.
Section 162.651 - Testimony taken in board's investigations to be under oath.
Section 162.661 - Annual report of the board.
Section 162.666 - St. Louis students' bill of rights.
Section 162.670 - Statement of policy.
Section 162.675 - Definitions.
Section 162.680 - Disabled children to be educated with others whenever possible.
Section 162.685 - Hearings by state board on adoption of standards and regulations.
Section 162.686 - Audio recording of meetings not to be prohibited — violation, penalty.
Section 162.690 - Advisory committees authorized — how appointed.
Section 162.710 - Transportation, how provided.
Section 162.722 - Acceleration of students, subject or whole grade, when.
Section 162.740 - District of residence to pay toward cost, when — amount, how calculated.
Section 162.756 - Transportation by common carriers for students of schools for the blind and deaf.
Section 162.760 - Additional personnel of state board, appointment of.
Section 162.770 - Reports by superintendents of state schools for deaf and blind required, when.
Section 162.785 - State board authorized to acquire property and to receive and administer grants.
Section 162.795 - Boards of advisors, terms, appointment, duties, meetings.
Section 162.800 - Board of advisors — compensation and expenses of members.
Section 162.805 - State and area advisory committees, how appointed — tenure.
Section 162.810 - Employees not to have interest in sales to schools, penalty.
Section 162.820 - Preexisting special districts covered by sections 162.670 to 162.995.
Section 162.821 - District secretary, duties of — report, contents of.
Section 162.825 - Special district, procedure to establish.
Section 162.830 - Special district may include one or more school districts.
Section 162.840 - Form of ballot.
Section 162.841 - Records to be kept — changes to be reported.
Section 162.845 - Organization election results, how determined — election of directors, when.
Section 162.855 - Board of education of a special school district, duties and powers.
Section 162.859 - Board members to file financial interest statements.
Section 162.860 - Candidates for board, qualifications — filing for office, where.
Section 162.865 - Election at large — terms of office.
Section 162.870 - Results, how certified.
Section 162.875 - District a body corporate and a political subdivision — powers granted.
Section 162.880 - Establishment of schools, when.
Section 162.885 - Determination of eligibility of child, how made.
Section 162.895 - Vocational training to be provided.
Section 162.900 - Transportation of students required — state transportation aid authorized.
Section 162.905 - Cooperative activities authorized.
Section 162.910 - Election of board members — term — declarations of.
Section 162.915 - Acquisition of property — condemnation powers — sites, how selected.
Section 162.920 - Tax rate — how increased.
Section 162.930 - Approval for state aid, how obtained.
Section 162.935 - State aid, how computed.
Section 162.940 - Tuition fees, how set — who shall pay.
Section 162.945 - Notice to parent or guardian of diagnosis — contents of notice.
Section 162.958 - Law in effect at time of request to be utilized.
Section 162.962 - Decision subject to review, when, procedure.
Section 162.963 - Rights of parties — record of proceedings, how kept — costs, how paid.
Section 162.974 - Reimbursement for education costs of high-need children.
Section 162.997 - Surrogates appointed, when — state board of education, duties — definitions.
Section 162.998 - Board of education to be notified of need of surrogate, when, appointment, when.
Section 162.1040 - Citation of law — not applicable to certain districts.
Section 162.1042 - Definitions.
Section 162.1045 - State board of education to develop guidelines for enrollment option plan.
Section 162.1049 - Nonresident district and resident district to accept each other's credits.
Section 162.1052 - Rejection of admission of a nonresident by nonresident district, when.
Section 162.1059 - Federal court ordering desegregation court order to govern enrollment option.
Section 162.1061 - Transfer corporations (metropolitan schools), computation of state aid.
Section 162.1130 - Definitions.
Section 162.1139 - Joint referral service developed, rehabilitation services.
Section 162.1142 - Blindness skills specialist fund created.
Section 162.1195 - Fine arts, professional development education assistance.
Section 162.1255 - Funding for competency-based courses — amount.