Section 45-52A-31 Board of education – Creation; composition. There is established a school board for the City of Decatur, Alabama, which board shall be called the Decatur City Board of Education. The members of the board shall be elected by vote of the qualified electors of the City of Decatur as hereinafter provided. The board […]
Section 45-52A-31.01 Board of education – Districts. The school districts from which the board members are to be elected shall be geographically identical to the districts from which the council members of the City of Decatur are elected. In the event the boundaries of a city council district should be changed for any reason, the […]
Section 45-52A-31.02 Board of education – Qualifications of members. A candidate for each place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, a resident of the school board district which he or she seeks to represent on the board for at least 90 consecutive days prior to the deadline date […]
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 […]
Section 45-52A-31.04 Board of education – Run-off election. In the event no candidate receives a majority of all of the votes cast for any one or more positions on the school board, the city council shall order a run-off election to be held separately or in conjunction with any scheduled City of Decatur run-off election, […]
Section 45-52A-31.05 Board of education – Representation of students. All members of the board created by this part shall represent the interests of any student of the city school system who is not otherwise represented by a certain district school board member as provided for in this part. (Act 95-363, p. 732, § 6.)
Section 45-52A-31.06 Board of education – Compensation. The compensation for the members of the school board shall be three hundred dollars ($300) per month to be paid from the city school system funds, unless changed pursuant to this section. The board may change the amount of compensation by majority vote, but any vote to establish […]
Section 45-52A-31.07 Board of education – Auditing of records. The board of education shall have the financial records of the Decatur school system audited at least annually by an independent certified public accountant firm licensed with an office in the City of Decatur and the results of the audit being a matter of public record. […]
Section 45-52A-31.08 Board of education – Liability of members; powers and duties. Members of the board of education shall be immune from any civil liability whatsoever, be it in contract, in tort, or otherwise for any actions taken by members in their official capacity as members of the board and done within the line and […]
