ISDs always welcome concerned community citizens to serve on their boards.
Statute specifies two ways to elect ISD board members: 1) allow locally
elected boards of education to choose or 2) allow for popular election
of ISD boards. This has been a local decision.
ISD board members, who are chosen by local districts, must comply with
all state election and campaign laws, including garnering voter signatures
to qualify. Notices are published in local newspapers.
By having local districts choose ISD board members, ISDs are able to
have a geographic representation on their boards, balancing large and
small school districts as well as urban, suburban and rural.
Local districts are well qualified and well positioned to choose and
oversee the election of ISD board members. ISDs exist to serve educational
needs of their constituents, with local districts being the major constituency.
All ISD board meetings fall under the Open Meetings Act and are posted
and open to the public. Time for public comment is available at every
ISD board meeting.
All ISD board actions become public records and are available to the
public through a variety of ways: the superintendent’s office,
on the district Web site, and often through the local media.
According to state law, board members may serve on local and ISD boards
simultaneously.
According to state law, ISD board members must abstain from property
transfer decisions involving a local district in which they also serve
as a board member.
ISDs always welcome concerned community citizens to serve on their boards.