(a) The regional school board shall declare a regional school board seat vacant when the person elected

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 14.08.045

  • attendance area: means the geographic area designated by the department to be served by a school. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
  • board: means the state Board of Education and Early Development. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • regional educational attendance area: means an educational service area in the unorganized borough which may or may not include a military reservation, and that contains one or more public schools of grade levels K-12 or any portion of those grade levels that are to be operated under the management and control of a single regional school board. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
  • school board: means the school board of a borough or city school district or a regional educational attendance area. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
  • writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) fails to qualify within 30 days of certification of the election;
(2) notifies the school board in writing of the person’s refusal to take office;
(3) resigns and the resignation is accepted by the school board;
(4) is convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude or of an offense involving a violation of the oath of office while serving as a school board member; or
(5) no longer physically resides within the boundaries of the regional educational attendance area, or if the regional educational attendance area has been divided into sections, within the section from which the person was elected, and the school board by a two-thirds vote, declares the seat vacant.
(b) A vacancy on a regional school board shall be filled under Alaska Stat. § 14.12.070.
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