Bills / H.B. 256
H.B. 256 School District Elections Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill would make Utah local school board seats elected in partisan elections, with candidates nominated through the partisan primary process instead of nonpartisan races. It also changes how midterm vacancies on school boards are filled, adjusts campaign and conflict-of-interest reporting for school board candidates and members, and sets out how the switch from nonpartisan to partisan boards would take place.
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Official description
- defines terms
- makes the office of local school board member an office that is elected via a partisan election
- modifies provisions relating to filling a midterm vacancy for the office of local school board member
- provides for the election of a local school board member using the partisan primary election nomination process
- modifies campaign reporting requirements and conflict of interest reporting requirements for a local school board office candidate or local school board officeholder
- provides for the transition from a nonpartisan local board of education to a partisan local board of education
- makes technical and conforming changes
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