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It’s an odd-numbered year, which means that school board positions will be on ballots across the state this November. As we head toward fall, OSBA is fielding questions from both first-time and experienced candidates. From organizing a campaign to record keeping and filing required reports, the legal division works to connect board candidates with available resources to help them run successfully. In this week’s Legal Ledger Sidebar, Scott Gerfen sits down with John Price and Jennie Hardin to talk about some basics for board candidates.  

School board candidates are…

As the general election on Nov. 2 nears, boards of education are waiting to see who their fellow members may be come January. Here at the legal division of OSBA, we’re getting lots of questions about the upcoming election. Two of the areas we’re getting questions about are write-in candidates and filling vacancies if not enough candidates are running for election.

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Candidates required to file a post-general election campaign finance report must do so by December 11.  You can find the reporting forms on the Secretary of State’s website.

Due to the presidential election and changes to election dates passed in HB 64, the only spring election date available to school districts is March 15, 2016.  The deadlines for submitting a resolution of necessity to the county auditor (for a property tax) or…