HCS HB 1809 -- SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS (Sanders Brooks)

This substitute creates recall procedures for Kansas City school
board members who have served at least 90 days in office.  These
procedures are in addition to the procedure available under the
academic deficiency statute.  Recall petitions can originate from
the voters of a subdistrict for a member who represents that
subdistrict or from the district at large for an at-large member.
The substitute specifies the grounds for recall, the requirements
for filing the petition, its physical form and content, and the
procedure for verifying signatures.  If a majority votes to
retain the recalled member, the member remains in office and
cannot be subject to another recall, except as provided in the
academically deficient school statute.  If the member is
recalled, a successor will be chosen at the next date available
for school elections.  If a member resigns after a recall
petition is filed, the position will remain vacant until the next
election date available for school elections.

The substitute also requires persons running for election to
seven-member school district boards to have lived and been
registered to vote in the district for a year.  The current
prohibition against City of St. Louis school board members being
related to school district employees within the second degree is
repealed, as are the provisions specifying election by and
composition of subdistricts.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:02 am