Policy 8210

Membership

Filling Vacancies

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board: 
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 09/23/2008
Related policies & regulations:  
Legal references:  32-570; 79-545

 

The Lincoln Board of Education shall fill by appointment any vacancy that may occur. When a vacancy occurs on the Board, it will be filled by the following procedure:

  1. At a regular meeting of the Board, the Superintendent will present a list of the legal qualifications for Board members.
    • After reviewing the legal requirements, the Board may establish additional qualifications as it deems appropriate.
    • The Board will adopt a statement of qualifications which will be made public. At the same meeting the Board will designate with whom nominations or suggestions may be filed and what form such nominations should take.
    • At the request of the Board, the staff will present a list of all candidates and prepare an informal dossier on those candidates who meet the Board’s statement of qualifications.
  2. At the discretion of the Board, candidates for the Board vacancy may be invited to interview with members of the Board.
  3. At a meeting of the Board, an appointee will be selected as follows:
    • Each member of the Board will nominate, in signed written ballots, three candidates.
    • The nominations will be tallied to identify the names most frequently nominated.
    • From the reduced list, each Board member will nominate, on signed written ballots, two candidates.
    • The resulting nominations will be tallied to identify the names most frequently nominated.
    • From the resulting nominations the Board will vote, in signed written ballots, for the final appointee, repeating the vote until a majority is reached. A majority in this instance requires four votes. The vote must be ratified in a formal roll call vote.
    • The Board’s legal counsel will oversee the tally of votes with the assistance of the Superintendent. All signed nominations and ballots will become part of the official minutes.

The person selected to fill a vacancy will serve as per state law.