California Education Code

§ 35012

EDC § 35012 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 21 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Except as otherwise provided, the governing board of a school district shall consist of five regular members elected at large by the qualified voters of the school district. The terms of the regular members shall, except as otherwise provided, be for four years and staggered so that as nearly as practicable one-half of the regular members shall be elected in each odd-numbered year.

(b)A unified school district may have a governing board of seven regular members if the proposal for unification has specified a governing board of seven regular members. The regular members of the governing board of a unified school district shall be elected at large or by trustee areas as designated in the proposal for unification and shall serve four-year terms of office.

(c)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), and except as provided in this subdivision and Section 5018, the governing board of an elementary school district other than a union or joint union elementary school district shall consist of three regular members selected at large from the territory comprising the school district. Whenever, in any such elementary school district, the average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year is 300 or more, the procedures prescribed by Section 5018 shall be undertaken.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 1445) Effective January 1, 2025.