120.42 Election of school board members.
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120.42 Election of school board members.
(a)Except as provided in pars.
(b),
(c), and
(d), school board members in a unified school district shall be electors of the school district and shall be elected at large, at large to numbered seats or at large to an apportioned election district area by a plurality vote of the electors of the school district. School board members in a unified school district shall be elected under s. 120.06 at the spring election. All candidates for school board seats shall file a declaration of candidacy as provided in s. 120.06
(b).
(b)School board members in a unified school district that encompasses a city with a population greater than 150,000 but less than 500,000 shall be elected at large to numbered seats.
(c)School board members elected to a school board in an election under s. 117.22
(bm)shall reside in the territory of the school district created by the reorganization.
1. School board members in a unified school district that encompasses a city with a population greater than 75,000 but less than 100,000 and that encompasses at least 2 villages may by resolution provide for the election of members from election districts established pursuant to a representation plan under sub.
(1m)by a plurality of the electors of each election district within the school district.
2. Notwithstanding subd. 1. , school board members in a unified school district that, on July 14, 2015, encompasses a city with a population greater than 75,000 but less than 100,000 and that encompasses at least 2 villages shall be elected from election districts established pursuant to a representation plan under sub.
(1m)by a plurality of the electors of each election district within the school district.
(a)The school board of a school district under sub.
(d)1. that provides, pursuant to a resolution, for the election of members from election districts and the school board of a school district under sub.
(d)2. shall establish a representation plan for the election of school board members by election district. The school board shall comply with all of the following in establishing the representation plan under this paragraph:
1. Provide for 9 election districts within the school district of substantially equal population.
2. Ensure that, to the extent practicable, each election district described in subd. 1. is compact.
3. Ensure that, to the extent practicable, the territory within each election district described in subd. 1. is contiguous.
4. Ensure that, to the extent practicable, the boundaries of each election district described in subd. 1. and the boundaries of municipalities encompassed within the school district are congruent.
5. Number the election districts and divide them into 3 classes such that one-third of the members of the school board shall be elected in each year.
(b)The school board shall adopt a district apportionment plan that apportions the territory of the school district into election districts pursuant to the representation plan as follows:
1. Within 60 days after establishing the representation plan under par.
(a).