[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 32, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 32CFR69.6]



[Page 395-396]

 

                       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.



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    (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 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.