Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 162
School Districts
←162.591
Section 162.601.1
162.603→
August 28, 2015
Election of board members, terms--members appointed due to vacancies, terms--qualifications.
162.601. 1. Elected members of the board in office on August 28, 1998,
shall hold office for the length of term for which they were elected, and any
members appointed pursuant to section 162.611 to fill vacancies left by
elected members in office on August 28, 1998, shall serve for the remainder of
the term to which the replaced member was elected.
2. No board members shall be elected at the first municipal election in
an odd-numbered year next following August 28, 1998.
3. Three board members shall be elected at the second municipal election
in an odd-numbered year next following August 28, 1998, to serve four-year
terms.
4. Four board members shall be elected at the third municipal election in
an odd-numbered year next following August 28, 1998, and two of such members
shall be elected to four-year terms and two of such members shall be elected
to three-year terms. For the two members elected at the municipal election in
2006, the terms of such members shall expire after their successors are
elected and qualified pursuant to subsection 6 of this section.
5. Beginning with the fourth municipal election in an odd-numbered year
next following August 28, 1998, and at each succeeding municipal election in
a year during which board member terms expire, there shall be elected members
of the board of education, who shall assume the duties of their office at the
first regular meeting of the board of education after their election, and who
shall hold office for four years, and until their successors are elected and
qualified.
6. For the two board members who are elected at the municipal election in
2006, their successors thereafter shall be elected at the general election in
the year in which their terms expire.
7. Members of the board of directors shall be elected to represent seven
subdistricts. The subdistricts shall be established by the state board of
education to be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population as
practicable. The subdistricts shall be revised by the state board of education
after each decennial census and at any other time the state board determines
that the district's demographics have changed sufficiently to warrant
redistricting.
8. A member shall reside in and be elected in the subdistrict which the
member is elected to represent. Subdistrict 1 shall be comprised of wards 1,
2, 22 and 27. Subdistrict 2 shall be comprised of wards 3, 4, 5 and 21.
Subdistrict 3 shall be comprised of wards 18, 19, 20 and 26. Subdistrict 4
shall be comprised of wards 6, 7, 17 and 28. Subdistrict 5 shall be comprised
of wards 9, 10, 11 and 12. Subdistrict 6 shall be comprised of wards 13, 14,
16 and 25. Subdistrict 7 shall be comprised of wards 8, 15, 23 and 24.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-60, A.L. 1976 S.B. 821, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L.
1988 H.B. 1242 Revision, A.L. 1998 S.B. 781, A.L. 1999 H.B. 889,
A.L. 2003 H.B. 511 merged with S.B. 686, A.L. 2005 S.B. 302)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.573)
2003
1999
2003
162.601. 1. Elected members of the board in office on August 28,
1998, shall hold office for the length of term for which they were elected,
and any members appointed pursuant to section 162.611 to fill vacancies
left by elected members in office on August 28, 1998, shall serve for the
remainder of the term to which the replaced member was elected.
2. No board members shall be elected at the first municipal election
in an odd-numbered year next following August 28, 1998.
3. Three board members shall be elected at the second municipal
election in an odd-numbered year next following August 28, 1998, to serve
four-year terms.
4. Four board members shall be elected at the third municipal
election in an odd-numbered year next following August 28, 1998, and two of
such members shall be elected to four-year terms and two of such members
shall be elected to three-year terms.
5. Beginning with the fourth municipal election in an odd-numbered
year next following August 28, 1998, and at each succeeding municipal
election in a year during which board member terms expire, there shall be
elected members of the board of education, who shall assume the duties of
their office at the first regular meeting of the board of education after
their election, and who shall hold office for four years, and until their
successors are elected and qualified.
6. Members of the board of directors shall be elected to represent
seven subdistricts. The subdistricts shall be established by the state
board of education to be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in
population as practicable. The subdistricts shall be revised by the state
board of education after each decennial census and at any other time the
state board determines that the district's demographics have changed
sufficiently to warrant redistricting.
7. A member shall reside in and be elected in the subdistrict which
the member is elected to represent. Subdistrict 1 shall be comprised of
wards 1, 2, 22 and 27. Subdistrict 2 shall be comprised of wards 3, 4, 5
and 21. Subdistrict 3 shall be comprised of wards 18, 19, 20 and 26.
Subdistrict 4 shall be comprised of wards 6, 7, 17 and 28. Subdistrict 5
shall be comprised of wards 9, 10, 11 and 12. Subdistrict 6 shall be
comprised of wards 13, 14, 16 and 25. Subdistrict 7 shall be comprised of
wards 8, 15, 23 and 24.
1999
162.601. 1. Elected members of the board in office on August 28, 1998,
shall hold office for the length of term for which they were elected, and any
members appointed pursuant to section 162.611 to fill vacancies left by
elected members in office on August 28, 1998, shall serve for the remainder of
the term to which the replaced member was elected.
2. No board members shall be elected at the first municipal election in
an odd-numbered year next following August 28, 1998.
3. Three board members shall be elected at the second municipal election
in an odd-numbered year next following August 28, 1998, to serve four-year
terms.
4. Four board members shall be elected at the third municipal election
in an odd-numbered year next following August 28, 1998, and two of such
members shall be elected to four-year terms and two of such members shall be
elected to three-year terms.
5. Beginning with the fourth municipal election in an odd-numbered year
next following August 28, 1998, and at each succeeding municipal election in a
year during which board member terms expire, there shall be elected members of
the board of education, who shall assume the duties of their office at the
first regular meeting of the board of education after their election, and who
shall hold office for four years, and until their successors are elected and
qualified.
6. Members of the board of directors shall be elected to represent seven
subdistricts. The subdistricts shall be established by the state board of
education to be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population as
practicable. The subdistricts shall be revised by the state board of
education after each decennial census and at any other time the state board
determines that the district's demographics have changed sufficiently to
warrant redistricting.
7. A member shall reside in and be elected in the subdistrict which the
member is elected to represent. Subdistrict 1 shall be comprised of wards 1,
2, 22 and 27. Subdistrict 2 shall be comprised of wards 3, 4, 5 and 21.
Subdistrict 3 shall be comprised of wards 18, 19, 20 and 26. Subdistrict 4
shall be comprised of wards 6, 7, 17 and 28. Subdistrict 5 shall be comprised
of wards 9, 10, 11 and 12. Subdistrict 6 shall be comprised of wards 13, 14,
16 and 25. Subdistrict 7 shall be comprised of wards 8, 15, 23 and 24.
8. No one may run for school board who is employed by the school
district or who is related to an employee of the school district within the
second degree of affinity or consanguinity.
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