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What happens when the person elected to a school board position in November decides they don’t want to be a board member? Over the years, OSBA’s legal division has gotten a number of questions from school districts with a variety of factual situations involving how their boards will be structured after an election. One unusual situation is when a person who was elected in November has decided in the intervening months that they are not interested in serving in the position. The key question to answer is when does the position become vacant. 

As explained in previous blog posts…

Here in OSBA's legal division, we've been getting lots of questions about filling school board vacancies. In particular, we have been hearing from members who anticipate having vacancies in January because not enough candidates are running to fill the available seats. In this week’s Legal Ledger Sidebar, we talk about what boards need to know about filling those vacancies.

As you’ll hear in the video, we talk about OSBA’s board…

We at OSBA get a lot of questions about board vacancies. This topic is tricky because often board vacancies happen unexpectedly or under less-than-ideal circumstances, and the timing requirements under RC 3313.11 can be awkward. The first step is to recognize when a vacancy occurs, so that the board can ensure that it acts within the applicable timelines. Board vacancies occur when a member resigns, moves out of the district, is removed from office, passes away or otherwise becomes ineligible to hold the office. For…