Montana Code 20-3-356. Membership of elected trustees of county high school district and nomination of candidates
20-3-356. Membership of elected trustees of county high school district and nomination of candidates. (1) The trustees of a county high school district must include the following:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-3-356
- County superintendent: means the county government official who is the school officer of the county. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- district: means the territory, regardless of county boundaries, organized under the provisions of this title to provide public educational services under the jurisdiction of the trustees prescribed by this title. See Montana Code 20-6-101
- school: means an institution for the teaching of children that is established and maintained under the laws of the state of Montana at public expense. See Montana Code 20-6-501
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- trustee election: means the election for school board members held on the day established in 20-20-105(1). See Montana Code 20-1-101
- Trustees: means the governing board of a district. See Montana Code 20-1-101
(a)four trustee positions filled by members residing in the elementary district where the county high school building is located; and
(b)three trustee positions filled by members one of whom resides in each of the three trustee nominating districts in the territory of the high school district outside of the elementary district where the county high school building is located. The county superintendent shall establish the nominating districts, and, unless it is impossible, the districts must have coterminous boundaries with elementary district boundaries.
(2)The provisions of 20-3-305 govern the nomination of candidates for the trustee election prescribed in this section.