Utah Code 20A-14-101.5. State Board of Education — Number of members — State Board of Education district boundaries
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(1) The State Board of Education shall consist of 15 members, with one member to be elected from each State Board of Education district.
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-14-101.5
- Board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 20A-14-101.1
- Board block equivalency file: means the electronic file designated as SB2005S07_BEF. See Utah Code 20A-14-101.1
- Board shapefile: means the electronic shapefile that:(3)(a) is the resulting projection of the Board block equivalency file; and(3)(b) stores the boundary of each of the 15 State Board of Education districts. See Utah Code 20A-14-101.1
- Shapefile: means the digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information. See Utah Code 20A-14-101.1
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connection with the taking of the 2020 national decennial census as the official data for establishing State Board of Education district boundaries.(3)(3)(a) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the Legislature enacts the district numbers and boundaries of the State Board of Education districts designated in the Board block equivalency file and resulting Board shapefile that is the electronic component of Laws of Utah 2021, Second Special Session, Chapter 10:(3)(a)(i) for purposes of nominating and electing certain members of the State Board of Education beginning January 1, 2022; and(3)(a)(ii) for all other purposes beginning January 2, 2023.(3)(b) The Legislature shall ensure that the Board shapefile, and the State Board of Education district boundaries generated from the Board shapefile, are accessible on the Utah Legislature’s website.