§ 22-31-110 — Changes in director districts

Colorado § 22-31-110

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 22: Education
• Art.: School District Directors - Election

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(1) (a) Except as otherwise
provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), not later than December 31, 1972,
and not later than December 31 of every fourth year thereafter, the board of
education of each school district having a director district plan of representation or
a combined director district and at-large plan of representation shall determine the
population in each of the director districts and, if each director district does not
contain substantially the same number of persons as each of the other director
districts, it shall be the duty of the board, by resolution, to revise the director
district boundaries and redesignate the director districts to comply with the
specifications prescribed in section 22-31-109 without changing the number of
director districts.

(b) (I) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any school district
coterminous with a city and county. The director districts for any such school
district shall be established as provided in section 22-31-131.

(II) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, for school districts in
which members of the board of education are voted on by eligible electors of a
director district, not later than March 1 of the year following the year in which the
election is conducted pursuant to section 22-31-105 (6.5), not later than March 1,
2012, and not later than March 1 every tenth year thereafter, the board of education
of each such school district shall determine the population in each of the director
districts and, if each director district does not contain substantially the same
number of persons as each of the other director districts, it shall be the duty of the
board, by resolution, to revise the director district boundaries and redesignate the
director districts to comply with the specifications prescribed in section 22-31-109
(2) without changing the number of director districts.

(2) The revision of director district boundaries and redesignation of the
director districts shall become effective immediately upon adoption of the
resolution by the board of education, but the revision and redesignation shall not
operate to terminate the office of any school director holding office at the time of
adoption of the resolution. The revision and redesignation shall be, thereafter,
effective for filling of vacancies and the election of any school directors at any
subsequent regular biennial school election. In the event that, as a result of a
revision and redesignation, two or more members of the board of education reside
in the same new director district, and the office of any one of the members
thereafter becomes vacant, the vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of an
eligible elector residing in a director district which does not then have a
representative on the board of education.

(3) If the board of education has not revised the director district boundaries
and redesignated the director districts as required by subsection (1) of this section,
any eligible elector of the district may file, not later than January 15 next following
the December 31 by which such revision and redesignation was to be accomplished,
an action in the district court of the judicial district in which the principal
administrative headquarters of the school district are located to require the board
of education to revise the director district boundaries and redesignate the director
districts no later than February 28 next following.

(4) Director district boundaries shall not be subject to alteration more often
than twice every four years.

Legislative History

Source: L. 64: p. 600, � 10. C.R.S. 1963: � 123-31-10. L. 69: p. 1035, � 3. L. 71: p. 1166, � 3. L. 80: (4) amended, p. 424, � 3, effective January 1, 1981. L. 87: (2) and (3) amended, p. 313, � 42, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 822, � 31, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 474, � 6, effective April 30. L. 2004: (1)(b) amended, p. 536, � 3, effective August 4.