The district is governed by a board of trustees consisting of five (5) members. Each member represents a different trustee zone unless a trustee was appointed at-large to fill a board vacancy as provided by Idaho law. Members duly elected to a specific trustee zone who are found to no longer reside in the trustee zone due to a change in trustee zone boundaries will be allowed to continue serving as a trustee for the remainder of the member’s term as long as the member resides at the address used at the time of the election. Except as otherwise provided by law, a district trustee shall be elected for a term of four (4) years beginning at noon on January 1 next succeeding his/her election.
The board has the powers and duties attributed to it by the Constitution and laws of the State of Idaho, which include the duly adopted rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education. Members of the board have authority only when acting as a board at a duly called and legally conducted meeting. The board is not bound by any action or statement on the part of an individual board member except when such statement or action is in pursuance of specific instructions from the board.
Individual members of the board have no power separate from the board acting as a whole. No board member, by virtue of his or her office, may exercise any administrative authority with respect to the schools or, as an individual, command the services of any school employee, except as may be provided by law or as authorized by the board.
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LEGAL REFERENCE:
Idaho Code Sections
33-313 – Trustee Zones
33-501 – Board of Trustees
33-504 – Vacancies on Boards of Trustees
33-506 – Organization and Government of Board of Trustees
74-201 et seq. – Open Meetings Law
ADOPTED: July 19, 2023
AMENDED: