20-3-356. Membership of elected trustees of county high school district and nomination of candidates. (1) The trustees of a county high school district must include the following:
(a) four trustee positions filled by members residing in the elementary district where the county high school building is located; and
(b) three trustee positions filled by members one of whom resides in each of the three trustee nominating districts in the territory of the high school district outside of the elementary district where the county high school building is located. The county superintendent shall establish the nominating districts, and, unless it is impossible, the districts must have coterminous boundaries with elementary district boundaries.
(2) The provisions of 20-3-305 govern the nomination of candidates for the trustee election prescribed in this section.
History: En. 75-5924 by Sec. 53, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 122, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 75-5924; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 219, L. 1997.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 3. School District Trustees
20-3-301. Election and term of office
20-3-302. Legislative intent to elect less than majority of trustees
20-3-303. Term of vacated trustee position after election
20-3-305. Candidate qualification, filing deadline, and withdrawal
20-3-307. Qualification and oath
20-3-308. Vacancy of trustee position
20-3-309. Filling vacated trustee position -- appointee qualification and term of office
20-3-311. Trustee travel reimbursement and compensation of secretary for joint board
20-3-312. Trustees of district affected by boundary change
20-3-313. Election by acclamation -- notice
20-3-314. through 20-3-320 reserved
20-3-321. Organization and officers
20-3-323. District policy and record of acts
20-3-326. through 20-3-329 reserved
20-3-331. Purchase of insurance -- self-insurance plan
20-3-332. Personal immunity of trustees
20-3-334. and 20-3-335 reserved
20-3-336. Single-member trustee districts -- legislative intent -- minority defined
20-3-337. Plan for creating single-member trustee districts -- petition election
20-3-338. Trustees elected by single-member district
20-3-339. and 20-3-340 reserved
20-3-341. Number of trustee positions in elementary districts -- transition
20-3-342. Determination of terms after consolidation of elementary districts
20-3-343. Determination of terms after change of district classification
20-3-345. through 20-3-350 reserved
20-3-351. Number of trustee positions in high school districts
20-3-353. Establishment and purpose of trustee nominating districts
20-3-354. Redetermination of additional trustee positions and subsequent adjustments
20-3-356. Membership of elected trustees of county high school district and nomination of candidates
20-3-357. through 20-3-360 reserved
20-3-361. Joint board of trustees organization and voting membership