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PDF versionSECTION 1. Chapter 46 of the Private Acts of 1933, as amended by Chapter 88 of the Private Acts of 1935, are repealed.
SECTION 2. The members constituting the Jackson County Board of Education on the effective date of this act remain the legally constituted Board of Education for Jackson County and each member of the board shall hold office until his or her respective term of office expires, and any vacancies existing on the board on the effective date of this act or thereafter may be filled according to law by the county legislative body. Until September 1, 1992, the Jackson County Board of Education shall consist of five (5) members.
SECTION 3. Beginning September 1, 1992, the Jackson County Board of Education shall consist of fix (6) members. Each member elected pursuant to this act shall reside in the district he or she represents.
SECTION 4. Jackson County is divided into six (6) school districts. These school districts are identical to the six (6) county commissioner districts established by the county legislative body pursuant to statute, and the boundaries of the school board districts shall be modified when the county commissioners districts are modified.
SECTION 5. Members of the Jackson County Board of Education elected pursuant to this act shall serve for a term of six (6) years and until a successor is elected and qualified. The term of each member begins on September 1 of the year of the member’s election. The election commission of Jackson County shall issue to the persons elected pursuant to this act a certificate of election in the same manner as other county officers.
SECTION 6.
(a) One (1) member shall be elected from School District Number 5 (same as County Commissioner District Number 5), and one (1) member shall be elected from School District Number 6 (same as County Commissioner District Number 6) in the 1992 August General Election and every six (6) years thereafter.
(b) One (1) member shall be elected from School District Number 2 (same as County Commissioner District Number 2), and one (1) member shall be elected from School District Number 3 (same as County Commissioner District Number 3) in the August 1994 General Election and every six (6) years thereafter.
(c) One (1) member shall be elected from School District Number 1 (same as County Commissioner District Number 1), and one (1) member shall be elected from School District Number 4 (same as County Commissioner District Number 4) in the August 1996 General Election and every six (6) years thereafter.
(d) In the event there is a vacancy on the school board, any person appointed by the county legislative body or elected to fill the vacancy after the effective date of this act shall be a resident of the newly created school board districts as set forth in this section. The person elected shall serve for the unexpired term of the office that the vacancy occurs so that future elections of the member from the district with the vacancy shall be filled according to the schedule outlined in this section.
SECTION 7. On September 1 of the year of their election, or as soon thereafter as is practical, the newly elected members of the Jackson County Board of Education shall meet at the county courthouse and take an oath of office administered by a person authorized to administer oaths.
SECTION 8. The qualifications, duties, and compensation of members of the Jackson County Board of Education shall be as prescribed by general law.
SECTION 9. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to that end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
SECTION 10. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of Jackson County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified by him to the Secretary of State.
SECTION 11. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 10.
Passed: April 16, 1992.