0.6 Arizona school law review: chapter 4

Chapter 4: elections (15-403 through 15-460)

Ars†15-0403 special election; notice; qualifications of voters; closing of registrations; election precincts; polling places

Does the Governing Board establish school district election precincts that have the same boundaries as the county election precincts and designate one polling place within each precinct except that the Governing Board of a union high school district may divide a county election precinct along the boundaries of common school districts within the boundaries of the union high school district and establish polling places within each common school district?

If the Governing Board consolidates school district election precincts for each special election and designates one polling place for the consolidated precincts, is a school district precinct register prepared for the consolidated precinct?

Is the cost of all special elections, including the preparation of ballots, charged against the funds of the school district or districts involved?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†15-0406 cost of elections

Is the cost of all special elections, including the preparation of ballots, charged against the funds of the school district or districts involved?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†15-0407 school district ballot option

Does the Governing Board choose to use either electromechanical or electronic vote recording and ballot counting equipment, or paper ballots for any special election?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†15-0421 governing board members; qualifications

Does the Governing Board consist of three members except as provided in this section and ARS 15-425?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†15-0425 election to determine whether membership of board shall increase to five

Members; form of ballot; reconsideration procedure in event of negative vote

If the district is other than a union high school district or a joint common school district, does your Governing Board consist of three members, unless a special election was held to increase the number to five members?

Does the Governing Board, following the first general election after a successful election to increase the size of a school district Governing Board, determine the terms of the candidates pursuant to ARS 15-424?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†15-0427 governing board of a union high school district; qualifications; terms

If the district is a union high school district, are the members of the Governing Board qualified school electors of the district, and are members of component common school district boards considered ineligible to become a member of the union high school Board?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†15-0431 alternative election procedure of governing board members

If the Governing Board has voted to implement an alternative election system for the election of Governing Board members, has it only done so if for the prior school year the district had an average daily enrollment of at least one thousand and the total minority enrollment in the district was at least twenty-five percent of the total enrollment?