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H0190......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE ZONES - Amends existing law to adopt standards for
school district trustee zone boundaries.
02/08 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/09 Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/20 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/21 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27 3rd rdg - PASSED - 46-20-4
AYES -- Barraclough, Bedke, Bell, Black, Bradford, Bruneel,
Callister(Callister), Campbell, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney,
Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Gagner, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Harwood, Higgins, Hornbeck, Kellogg, Kunz, Lake, Loertscher,
Mader, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce,
Pischner, Raybould, Roberts, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Tilman,
Wheeler, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, Bieter, Boe, Bolz, Chase, Cuddy, Field(20), Henbest,
Jaquet, Kendell, Langford, Marley, Pomeroy, Ridinger, Robison,
Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Wood
Absent and excused -- Jones, Stone, Swan, Trail
Floor Sponsor -- Kunz
Title apvd - to Senate
02/28 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/07 Rpt out - ref'd to St Aff
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 190
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE ZONES; AMENDING SECTION 33-313, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO ADOPT STANDARDS FOR TRUSTEE ZONE BOUNDARIES.
4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 SECTION 1. That Section 33-313, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
6 amended to read as follows:
7 33-313. TRUSTEE ZONES. Each elementary school district shall be divided
8 into three (3) trustee zones and each other school district shall be divided
9 into no fewer than five (5) or more than nine (9) trustee zones according to
10 the provisions of section 33-501, Idaho Code. Any proposal to define the
11 boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school district shall
12 include the determination, where appropriate, of the number of trustee zones
13 in such district, and the date of expiration of the term of office for each
14 trustee. The boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school dis-
15 trict shall be defined and drawn so that, as reasonably as may be, each such
16 zone shall have approximately the same population. To the maximum extent pos-
17 sible, boundaries of trustee zones within the school district shall, first,
18 follow the existing boundaries of election precincts of the county and where
19 that is not possible shall, second, follow visible features.
20 Whenever the area of any district has been enlarged by the annexation of
21 all or any part of another district, or by the correction of errors in the
22 legal description of school district boundaries, any such additional territory
23 shall be included in the trustee zone or zones contiguous to such additional
24 territory until such time as the trustee zones may be redefined and changed.
25 Trustee zones may be redefined and changed, but not more than once every five
26 (5) years in the manner hereinafter provided.
27 A proposal to redefine and change trustee zones of any district may be
28 initiated by its board of trustees, and submitted to the state board of educa-
29 tion, or by petition signed by not less than fifty (50) school electors resid-
30 ing in the district, and presented to the board of trustees of the district.
31 Within one hundred twenty (120) days following the receipt of a petition to
32 redefine and change the trustee zones of a district the board of trustees
33 shall prepare a proposal for a change which will equalize the population in
34 each zone in the district and shall submit the proposal to the state board of
35 education. Any proposal shall include a legal description of each trustee zone
36 as the same would appear as proposed, a map of the district showing how each
37 trustee zone would then appear, and the approximate population each would then
38 have, should the proposal to change any trustee zones become effective.
39 Within sixty (60) days after it has received the said proposal the state
40 board of education may approve or disapprove the proposal to redefine and
41 change trustee zones and shall give notice thereof in writing to the board of
42 trustees of the district wherein the change is proposed. Should the state
43 board of education disapprove a proposal that had been initiated at the
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1 request of petitioners, the board of trustees shall within forty-five (45)
2 days submit a revised proposal to the state board of education. Should the
3 state board of education approve the proposal, the board of trustees shall
4 within sixty (60) days after notification of the approval of such proposal
5 submit to the school district electors residing in the district, in an elec-
6 tion to be held not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the next
7 ensuing annual election of school district trustees, the question of approv-
8 ing or disapproving the proposal to change trustee zones. Notice of such elec-
9 tion shall be posted and published, the election shall be held and conducted
10 and the ballots canvassed, as provided in chapter 4, title 33, Idaho Code. If
11 a majority of the school district electors residing in the district, and vot-
12 ing in the election, should approve the proposal, the trustee zones shall be
13 changed in accordance with the proposal.
14 At the next regular meeting of the board of trustees following the
15 approval of the proposal the board shall appoint from its membership a trustee
16 for each new zone to serve as trustee until that incumbent trustee's three (3)
17 year term expires. If the current board membership includes two (2) incumbent
18 trustees from the same new trustee zone, the board will select the incumbent
19 trustee with the most seniority as a trustee to serve the remainder of his
20 three (3) year term. If both incumbent trustees have equal seniority, the
21 board will choose one (1) of the trustees by the drawing of lots. If there is
22 a trustee vacancy in any of the new zones, the board of trustees shall appoint
23 from the patrons resident in that new trustee zone, a person from that zone to
24 serve as trustee until the next annual meeting. At the annual election a
25 trustee shall be elected to serve during the term specified in the election
26 for the zone. The elected trustee shall assume office at the annual meeting of
27 the school district next following the election.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10910
School board trustees are elected to represent a particular
zone within a given school district. The zone is the basic electoral
unit used to determine the eligibility of both candidates and
electors.
Current Idaho Code does not require zones to be drawn
along existing boundaries of election precinct of the county.
Consequently, citizens intending to vote in school elections are
often confused about the zone in which they reside and the location
of their polling place.
This legislation will require trustee zone boundaries to,
first, follow existing precinct lines and where that is not possible
to, second, follow visible features.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact on the general fund. Also, there
should be no additional or extraordinary expense to any school
district.
Contact
Name: Representative Kent Kunz
Phone: (208)332 1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 19