Section 671:1 – Applicability.
671:1 Applicability. – The officers of all school districts, including cooperative school districts, shall be elected according to the provisions of this chapter. Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
Section 671:10 – Budget Committee Members.
671:10 Budget Committee Members. – The voters of any cooperative school district which has voted at a previous meeting to elect a budget committee under RSA 195:12-a shall elect members of the budget committee as provided in RSA 195:12-a. Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
Section 671:11 – Moderator.
671:11 Moderator. – Except as provided under RSA 671:11-a, at every school district election, a cooperative school district shall elect a moderator and such other officers as the voters of the district have voted to elect to manage the district’s affairs. Any optional officers shall be chosen as provided in RSA 671:6. Source. 1979, […]
Section 671:11-a – Optional Term for Moderator.
671:11-a Optional Term for Moderator. – I. At any annual school district meeting under an article in the warrant placed there by petition, the voters may vote to determine if they are in favor of having 2-year or 3-year terms for the moderator. If the school district has adopted an official ballot, the clerk […]
Section 671:12 – First Meeting.
671:12 First Meeting. – The organizational meeting of a cooperative school district shall be conducted in accordance with RSA 195:18, IX. Source. 1979, 321:1. 1996, 158:17, eff. July 1, 1996.
Section 671:13 – Area School Planning Committee.
671:13 Area School Planning Committee. – Any school district which votes at any annual or special meeting to create and to elect an area school planning committee under RSA 195-A:3 shall, at the same meeting, elect the members of said committee. Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
Section 671:14 – Qualifications.
671:14 Qualifications. – Any person domiciled in the school district who is qualified to vote as provided in RSA 654:1 through 654:6 and who is on the school district checklist shall be entitled to vote at any school district election. Source. 1979, 321:1. 1997, 176:4. 2010, 317:68, eff. July 18, 2010.
Section 671:15 – Checklist.
671:15 Checklist. – An updated checklist shall be used at all school district elections and meetings for the same purposes as checklists are used by towns as provided in RSA 669:5. The supervisors of the town checklist, acting as supervisors of the school district checklist, shall correct, certify, and post the checklist for the […]
Section 671:16 – Repealed by 2017, 64:2, I, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.
671:16 Repealed by 2017, 64:2, I, eff. Aug. 1, 2017. –
Section 671:17 – Special Provisions for Cooperative School Districts.
671:17 Special Provisions for Cooperative School Districts. – I. At the organizational meeting of the cooperative school district, the checklists for each pre-existing district shall be used in accordance with RSA 195:19-c. The school board of any pre-existing district which does not have a checklist shall make a list of the legal voters in […]
Section 671:18 – Qualifications.
671:18 Qualifications. – To become a candidate for any school district office, a person must be a registered voter in the district. No person holding the office of member of the school board shall at the same time hold the office of district moderator, treasurer, or auditor. No person employed on a salaried basis […]
Section 671:19 – Filing.
671:19 Filing. – All the provisions of RSA 669:19-669:22 relative to filing for office and withdrawal of candidacy for a non-partisan town election shall apply to school district elections except that in those statutes where there is a reference to a town or a town clerk, it shall be read to refer to a […]
Section 671:2 – Election Dates.
671:2 Election Dates. – School district officers shall be elected either at the town meeting as provided in RSA 671:22-26 or at an annual meeting of the district held between the dates set forth in RSA 197:1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no election for school district officers shall be held in conjunction […]
Section 671:20 – By School District Clerk.
671:20 By School District Clerk. – The school district clerk shall prepare ballots for school district elections in the same manner as town clerks for non-partisan town elections, as provided in RSA 669:23 and 669:24, except that the ballot shall be of a different color than any other ballot used at the election. Source. […]
Section 671:21 – Absentee Voting.
671:21 Absentee Voting. – I. A school district shall provide for absentee voting in the same manner as towns as provided in RSA 669:26-669:29 except that all duties performed therein by the town clerk shall be performed by the school district clerk. II. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, if any school district votes […]
Section 671:22 – Election at Town Meeting.
671:22 Election at Town Meeting. – I. As used in this section, the words, "any school district" shall mean (a) a school district which is coextensive with the town in which it is located, or (b) a cooperative school district composed of preexisting districts which were each coextensive with the towns in which they […]
Section 671:22-a – Rescheduling Elections.
671:22-a Rescheduling Elections. – In the case of a school district that comprises one or more preexisting districts and holds its elections in conjunction with the town elections in the component towns as provided in this subdivision, in the event of a weather or other emergency as described in RSA 669:1, V, the town […]
Section 671:23 – Warrant.
671:23 Warrant. – Where a school district has voted to elect its district officers at the town election, the school board shall post a special warrant for the election of such officers, as provided in RSA 671:27. Source. 1979, 321:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1979.
Section 671:24 – Repealed by 2017, 64:2, II, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.
671:24 Repealed by 2017, 64:2, II, eff. Aug. 1, 2017. –
Section 671:25 – Duties of Clerk of School District.
671:25 Duties of Clerk of School District. – The clerk of the school district shall prepare the official ballots for the school district as provided in RSA 671:20 and shall deliver the same to the town moderator before the opening of the polls at the town election. The ballots shall be of a color […]