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FILLING VACANCIES
Vacancies Filled by the Board The Board shall fill vacancies created by the resignation, removal by the Board for cause or death of a serving member, or when a member ceases to be a bona fide resident of the municipality from which he/she was elected. The vacancy shall be filled within the 65 days prescribed by law. Procedures by which to select the persons to fill such vacancies shall include advertisement of the vacancy in suitable local media, and interviews with interested parties conducted in public by the Board acting as a committee of the whole. If a vacancy occurs on the Board due to the recall of a Board member, all procedures of the law shall be followed to fill that vacancy. Vacancies filled by the Board shall be by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Board after the vacancy occurs. For vacancies occurring from the sending district, representation shall be filled according to the By Laws of the sending district. Vacancies Filled by the County Superintendent The County Superintendent fills vacancies when the Board fails to fill a vacancy within 65 days,
Date: April 14, 1986 July 18, 2000 Reviewed/Revised/First Reading February 12, 2001 Second Reading/Approved Legal References: N.J.S.A. 18A:6-56 Election; terms (educational services commission) N.J.S.A. 18A:12-1 Qualifications of board members N.J.S.A. 18A:12-3 Removal of members N.J.S.A. 18A:12-7 Boards; appointments; vacancies (Type I district) N.J.S.A. 18A:12-15 Vacancies (Type II district) N.J.S.A. 18A:13-11 Vacancies in membership of board; filling (regional) N.J.S.A. 18A:38-8.1 Additional member on board of education in each sending district N.J.S.A. 19:27A-1 through -18 Uniform Recall Election Law Keywords Board vacancies, New Board members, Board appointments |
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