1607 – Powers of Trustees When Vacancies on Board Exist.
§ 1607. Powers of trustees when vacancies on board exist. 1. While there is one vacancy in the office of trustee, the two trustees shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties and liabilities of the three. And while there are two such vacancies, the trustee in office shall have all […]
1608 – Estimated Expenses for Ensuing Year.
§ 1608. Estimated expenses for ensuing year. 1. It shall be the duty of the trustees of each common school district to present at the annual budget hearing a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for school purposes, specifying the several purposes and the […]
1609 – Annual Report of Trustees of Certain Joint Districts.
§ 1609. Annual report of trustees of certain joint districts. Where a common school district lies in two or more counties, its trustees shall file their annual report in the office of the district superintendent having jurisdiction over the schools of the town in which the principal schoolhouse of the district is situated.
1610 – Trustees’ Annual Report to District.
§ 1610. Trustees’ annual report to district. The trustees shall render to the district, at its annual meeting, a just, full and true account in writing, of all moneys received by them respectively for the use of the district, or raised or collected by taxes, in the preceding year, and of the manner in which […]
1611 – Penalty for Failure of Trustee to Account.
§ 1611. Penalty for failure of trustee to account. By a wilful neglect or refusal to render such account, a trustee forfeits any unexpired term of his office, and becomes liable to the trustees for any district moneys in his hands.
1612 – Payment by Trustee to Successor.
§ 1612. Payment by trustee to successor. An outgoing trustee shall forthwith pay, to his successor or any other trustees of the district in office, all moneys in his hands belonging to the district.
1602 – Number of Trustees; Determination of Change.
§ 1602. Number of trustees; determination of change. 1. At the first annual meeting next after the erection of a common school district the electors shall determine, by resolution, whether the district shall have one or three trustees; and if they resolve to have three trustees, shall elect the three for one, two and three […]
1603 – Property Held by Trustees as Corporation.
§ 1603. Property held by trustees as corporation. All property which is now vested in, or shall hereafter be transferred to the trustees of a common school district, for the use of schools in the district, shall be held by them as a corporation.
1601 – Trustees Constitute a Board and Body Corporate.
§ 1601. Trustees constitute a board and body corporate. The sole trustee or the trustees of a common school district shall constitute a board for such district and such board is hereby created a body corporate.