Edmonds School District No. 15
Lynnwood, WA 98036-5789
1245 - BOARD MEMBER RESIGNATION, RESIDENCY, AND REPLACEMENT
Adopted
2/3/75
Revised
12/2/85
1/19/93
10/7/08
A member of the Board of Directors may resign from the Board for any reason. When a Board member's permanent residence ceases to be in the school district, the director shall resign immediately.
For the purposes of this policy and consistent with RCW 28A.343.350, a school director elected from a director district (consistent with Policy 1225) may continue to serve as a director from the district even though the director no longer resides in the director district, but continues to reside in the school district, under the following conditions:
1) If, as a result of redrawing the director district boundaries, the director no longer resides in the director district, the director shall retain his or her position for the remainder of his/her term of office; and
2) If, as a result of the director changing his or her place of residence the director no longer resides in the director district, the director shall retain his or her position until a successor is elected and assumes office as follows: (a) If the change in residency occurs after the opening of the regular filing period provided under RCW 29A.24.050, in the year two years after the director was elected to office, the director shall remain in office for the remainder of his or her term of office; or, (b) if the change in residency occurs prior to the opening of the regular filing period provided under RCW 29A.24.050, in the year two years after the director was elected to office, the director shall remain in office until a successor assumes office who has been elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of office at the school district general election held in that year.
Resignations are to be made in writing to the secretary of the board.
At its next regularly scheduled board meeting, the resignations shall be considered and the position declared vacant.
The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fill any vacancy on the board in accordance with the procedures of state law. The person appointed to the board shall serve until the next regularly scheduled general election.