Reviewed: February 11, 2010
Revised: May 11, 2016
Reviewed: July 18, 2018
FILLING BOARD VACANCIES
Public officials may resign or be removed from office as provided by Wisconsin law. When a vacancy does occur, the remaining members of the Evansville Community School District Board of Education shall appoint a replacement. Qualified electors may contact the Board to express interest in the position. Board members may also contact qualified electors to determine their interest in the vacancy. Board vacancies will be noticed in the official school newspaper.
Those qualified electors interested in filling such a vacancy shall provide a written statement in response to the notice. The Board, under the guidance of the Board President, will determine interview questions. The questions will be provided to interested board candidates who will provide a written response within one week of receiving the questions. The Board will select candidates to interview based on the written responses to interview questions.
Appointment to the Board shall be by election of the remaining members following an interview. In case of a tie, there will be one more round of elections. If further deliberation cannot resolve the tie, then it shall be resolved by drawing the name out of a hat. The candidate appointed to the vacancy shall, pending acceptance and filing the oath of office, be seated at the next meeting of the Board.
Appointed board members who wish to continue shall stand for election at either the subsequent or the second regular spring election, depending upon the time of year of initial appointment to the Board and the number of years remaining in the unexpired term.
Legal Ref.: Sections
17.03 Wisconsin Statutes (Vacancies, How Caused)
17.035 (Vacancies; Military Leaves)
17.26 (Vacancies in School Boards; How Filled)
19.01 (Oaths and Bonds)
120.05(1)(d) (School Board Officials)
120.06 (4)(12) (Election of School Board Members)
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