0.3 Arizona education law review: elections  (Page 2/3)

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†15-427 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†15-431 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?

If the Governing Board has voted to implement an alternative election system for the election of Governing Board mem­bers, has the Board voted to divide the school district into as many single member districts as there are Governing Board members or to implement only an election method that is consistent with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 United States Code Section 1973).

If the Governing Board of a school district has implemented a single member district election system, has the system been implemented as follows?

1. The Governing Board has defined the boundaries of the single member district so that the single member districts are as nearly equal in population as is practicable, except that if the school district lies in part of each of two or more counties, at least one single member district may be entirely within each of the counties comprising the school district if this district design is consistent with the obligation to equalize the population among single member districts.

2. The boundaries of the single member district have followed election precinct boundary lines, as far as practicable, in order to avoid further segmentation of precincts.

3. A number has been assigned to each of the new single member districts in ascending order according to the percentage of the district's minority population in each single member district.

4. As the terms of the Governing Board members who were elected at large expire, the member has been replaced by members who are elected from the single member districts in ascending order of single member district number.

If the Governing Board has voted to implement any other alternative election system for the election of Governing Board members, has the implementation of the system been approved by the United States Justice Department?