AB 169

Currently, the number of nomination paper signatures required for school

board candidates in first class city school districts is not less than 400 nor more than

800 electors. If a school district contains territory lying within a second class city,

the number of nomination paper signatures required for school board candidates is

not less than 100 nor more than 200 electors. If a school district does not contain any

territory lying within a first or second class city, nomination papers are not required

for school board candidates unless the school board, or in a common or union high

school district, the school board or the annual meeting, requires nomination papers,

in which case the signatures of not less than 20 nor more than 100 electors are

required.

This bill permits the school board of any school district other than a first class

city school district that contains territory lying within cities of more than one class

in which nomination papers are required for school board candidates, or in a common

or union high school district, the school board or annual meeting, to prescribe, by a

vote of at least two-thirds of the board or meeting, a different number of nomination

paper signatures for school board candidates than the number currently prescribed

by law. Under the bill, the board or meeting must prescribe either the number that

applies in school districts containing territory lying within a second class city or the

number that applies in school districts not containing territory lying within a first

or second class city. Under current law, any change in the number of nomination

paper signatures required for school board candidates also changes the number of

signatures required on a petition to require the state superintendent of public

instruction to hold a public hearing in a school district concerning the issue of

noncompliance by the district with state school district standards.