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Florida K-20 Education Code Code Section 1001.361 - K-20 Governance - Election of board by districtwide vote.

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Title XLVIII   K-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1001   K-20 GOVERNANCE

1001.361  Election of board by districtwide vote.--Notwithstanding any provision of local law or any county charter, the election of members of the district school board shall be by vote of the qualified electors of the entire district in a nonpartisan election as provided in chapter 105. Each candidate for district school board member shall, at the time she or he qualifies, be a resident of the district school board member residence area from which the candidate seeks election. Each candidate who qualifies to have her or his name placed on the ballot shall be listed according to the district school board member residence area in which she or he resides. Each qualified elector of the district shall be entitled to vote for one candidate from each district school board member residence area. The candidate from each district school board member residence area who receives the highest number of votes in the general election shall be elected to the district school board.

History.--s. 44, ch. 2002-387.

Last modified: November 21, 2006