Sec. 11.058. ELECTION BY POSITION. (a) The designation of the positions of trustees by number is or may be required only as specified by this section.
(b) The positions on the board of trustees shall be designated by number in any independent school district in which the procedure of designating and electing the trustees by number has been authorized and instituted whether under general or special law and whether by resolution of the trustees or by operation of law.
(c) The positions on the board of trustees shall be designated by number in any independent school district in which the board of trustees by resolution orders that all candidates for trustee be voted on and elected separately for positions on the board of trustees and that all candidates be designated on the official ballot according to the number of the positions for which they seek election.
(d) The resolution of the board of trustees must be made not later than the 60th day before the date of any trustee election for this section to apply.
(e) The board shall also, not later than the 60th day before the date of the election, number the positions on the board in the order in which the terms of office of the trustees expire.
(f) Once the board of trustees of an independent school district has ordered the election of trustees by numbered positions under this section, neither the board of trustees nor their successors may rescind the action.
(g) Ballots for an election to which this section applies must clearly show the position for which each person is a candidate. The board of trustees shall arrange by lot the names of the candidates for each position.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance
Subchapter C. Board of Trustees of Independent School District--General Provisions
Section 11.051. Governance of Independent School District; Number of Trustees
Section 11.0511. Student Trustee for Certain Districts
Section 11.052. Single-Member Trustee Districts
Section 11.054. Electing Trustees by Cumulative Voting
Section 11.055. Application to Get on Ballot
Section 11.056. Write-in Voting
Section 11.057. Determination of Results; Optional Majority Vote Requirement
Section 11.058. Election by Position
Section 11.0581. Joint Elections Required
Section 11.061. Qualification and Organization of Trustees; Compensation
Section 11.062. Election of Officers in Certain School Districts
Section 11.063. Eligibility for Employment
Section 11.064. Filing of Financial Statement by Trustee
Section 11.065. Applicability to Certain Districts
Section 11.066. Eligibility for Service by Trustee Convicted of Certain Offenses