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SB 279 IN

Election of school board members.

IN · session 2022 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 10, 2022

Latest action (Jan 24, 2022) Senator Buchanan added as coauthor

Summary

Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may change the school corporation's organizational plan to provide that candidates for election to the governing body are elected in a nonpartisan election or as all other elected offices are elected. Amends current statutes relating to nomination of candidates for school board offices to reflect this option. Repeals other superseded statutes. Makes conforming changes. Changes population parameters to reflect the population count determined under the 2020 decennial census.

Sponsor (1)
1 coauthor / cosponsor

Action history (3)
  1. Jan 10, 2022 Authored by Senator Walker G · upper
  2. Jan 10, 2022 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development · upper
  3. Jan 24, 2022 Senator Buchanan added as coauthor · upper
Subjects
ELECTIONS, State and Local BoardsLOCAL GOVERNMENTSCHOOLS, Officers and Employees (other than teachers)

Text versions (1)

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  • Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 10, 2022 · PDF

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