[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR69.6]

[Page 328-329]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 69--SCHOOL BOARDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOMESTIC DEPENDENT 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 69.6  Procedures.

    (a) Composition of school board. (1) The school board shall 
recommend to the Director, DoD DDESS, the number of elected school board 
voting members, which shall be not fewer than 3 and no more than 9, 
depending upon local needs. The members of the school board shall select 
by majority vote of the total number of school board members authorized 
at the beginning of each official school board term, one member to act 
as President and another to act as Vice President. The President and 
Vice President shall each serve for 1 year. The President shall preside 
over school board meetings and provide leadership for related activities 
and functions. The Vice President shall serve in the absence of the 
President. If the position of President is vacated for any reason, the 
Vice President shall be the President until the next regularly scheduled 
school board election. The resulting vacancy in the position of the Vice 
President shall be filled by the majority vote of all members of the 
incumbent board.
    (2) The DoD DDESS Arrangement Superintendent, or designee, shall 
serve as a non-voting observer to all school board meetings. The 
Installation Commander, or designee, shall convey command concerns to 
the school board and the Superintendent and keep the school board and 
the Superintendent informed of changes and other matters within the host 
installation that affect school expenditures or operations.
    (3) School board members may not receive compensation for their 
service on the school board.
    (4) Members of the school board may not have any financial interest 
in any company or organization doing business with the school system. 
Waivers to this restriction may be granted on a case-by-case basis by 
the Director, DoD DDESS, in coordination with the Office of General 
Counsel of the Department of Defense.
    (b) Electorate of the school board. The electorate for each school 
board seat shall be composed of parents of the students attending the 
school. Each member of the electorate shall have one vote.
    (c) Election of school board members. (1) To be elected as a member 
of the school board, an individual must be a resident of the military 
installation in which the DoD DDESS arrangement is located, or in the 
case of candidates for the Antilles Consolidated School System School 
Board, be the parent of an eligible child currently enrolled in the 
school system. Personnel employed by a DoD DDESS arrangement may not 
serve as school board members.
    (2) The board shall determine the term of office for elected 
members, not to exceed 3 years, and the limit on the number of terms, if 
any. If the board fails to set these terms by the first day of the first 
full month of the school year, the terms will be set at 3 years, with a 
maximum of 2 consecutive terms.
    (3) When there is a sufficient number of school board vacancies that 
result in not having a quorum, which is defined as a majority of seats 
authorized, a special election shall be called by the DoD DDESS 
Arrangement Superintendent or designee. A special election is an 
election that is held between the regularly scheduled annual school 
board election. The nomination and election procedures for a special 
election shall be the same as those of regularly scheduled school board 
elections. Individuals elected by special election shall serve until the 
next regularly scheduled school board election. Vacancies may occur due 
to the resignation, death, removal for cause, transfer, or disenrollment 
of a school board

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member's child(ren) from the DoD DDESS arrangement.
    (4) The board shall determine a schedule for regular elections. 
Parents shall have adequate notice of the time and place of the 
election. The election shall be by secret ballot. All votes must be cast 
in person at the time and place of the election. The candidate(s) 
receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected as school board 
member(s).
    (5) Each candidate for school board membership must be nominated in 
writing by at least one member of the electorate to be represented by 
the candidate. Votes may be cast at the time of election for write-in 
candidates who have not filed a nomination petition if the write-in 
candidates otherwise are qualified to serve in the positions sought.
    (6) The election process shall provide staggered terms for board 
members; e.g., on the last day of the last month of each year, the term 
for some board members will expire.
    (7) The DoD DDESS Superintendent, in consultation with the school 
board, shall be responsible for developing the plans for nominating 
school board members and conducting the school board election and the 
special election process. The DoD DDESS Superintendent shall announce 
election results within 7 working days of the election.