Section 45-52A-31.03
Board of education – Election of members; terms of office.
Elected school board members shall serve four-year terms with the elections and terms thereof coinciding with those of the members of the City Council of Decatur. The elections for board members shall be held at the regular election for City Council of Decatur after July 19, 1995. The elected board members shall serve from the date on which they are sworn into office until the swearing in of their successors following the next regularly scheduled city council and school board elections. Terms of office for the elected board members shall commence at the same time as the terms of office of members of the city council following their election. Any vacancies that may occur on the board shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board in the same manner as provided by law for filling vacancies on the city council. The chair of the board shall be selected by vote of the board as a whole at the annual meeting of the board.
(Act 95-363, p. 732, § 4; Act 2020-156, § 1.)