§ 13-8-3 — Petition or school board resolution for election to increase size of district board, establish, or discontinue school board representation areas.

The voters of any school district may increase the number of board members to seven or to nine, or establish or discontinue school board representation areas, by a majority vote of all voters voting at an election called and held as hereinafter provided. If a petition signed by ten percent of the registered voters of any school district, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, is presented to the board requesting that an election be called for the purpose of voting upon the question of the change of number of board members, or the establishment or discontinuation of school board representation areas, the board shall call an election. The school board may, by resolution, call for an election for the purpose of voting upon the question of the change of number of board members, or the establishment or discontinuation of school board representation areas. The question shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held not less than forty-five nor more than sixty days from the date of the filing of the petition with the business manager. If a petition is filed less than one hundred twenty days prior to the next regular election, the question must be submitted at the regular election. The election must be held upon the same notice and conducted in the same manner as provided by chapter 13-7 . Any increase or decrease in the number of board members must be implemented at the next succeeding regular election.

Legislative History

SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2302 as added by SL 1965, ch 49, § 1; SL 1968, ch 45, § 1; SL 1975, ch 128, § 44; SL 1983, ch 120, § 1; SL 1987, ch 67, § 10; SL 1993, ch 125; SL 2002, ch 82, § 1; SL 2009, ch 73, § 1; SL 2023, ch 55, § 10.