Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

A vacancy shall be declared by
the board of trustees when any nominee has been elected but has failed to
qualify for office, or within thirty (30) days of when any trustee shall (a)
die; (b) resign as trustee; (c) remove himself from his trustee zone of
residence; (d) no longer be a resident or school district elector of the
district; (e) refuse to serve as trustee; (f) without excuse acceptable to the
board of trustees, fail to attend four (4) consecutive regular meetings of the
board; or (g) be recalled and discharged from office as provided in section
33-439, Idaho Code.
Such declaration of vacancy shall be made at any regular or special
meeting of the board of trustees, at which any of the above-mentioned
conditions are determined to exist.
The board of trustees shall appoint to such vacancy a person qualified to
serve as trustee of the school district provided there remains in membership
on the board of trustees a majority of the membership thereof, and the board
shall notify the state superintendent of public instruction of the
appointment. Such appointment shall be made within ninety (90) days of the
declaration of vacancy. Otherwise, appointments shall be made by the board of
county commissioners of the county in which the district is situate, or of the
home county if the district be a joint district.
Any person appointed as herein provided shall serve until the annual
meeting of school district trustees next following such appointment. At the
annual election a trustee shall be elected to complete the unexpired term of
the office which was declared vacant and filled by appointment.
The elected trustee shall assume office at the annual meeting of the
school district next following the election.

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