(A) A municipal school board for the Town shall be established in compliance with applicable state law.
(B) The municipal school board for the Town shall consist of five members to be elected from the municipality at large.
(C) In order to be eligible to be a member of the municipal school board for the Town, one must be a citizen of the State of Tennessee, be a resident and qualified voter of the Town, have achieved a high school diploma or GED and filed documentation satisfactory to the Shelby County Election Commission evidencing same, have attained the age of 18 years at the time of their election, and otherwise meet all other requirements of applicable state law at the time one seeks election.
(D) All elections for the municipal school board for the Town shall be conducted on a non-partisan basis.
(E) No member of the governing body of the Town shall be eligible for election as a member of the municipal school board for the Town.
(F) The initial terms for members of the municipal school board for the Town shall vary in length, provided that all subsequently elected members, other than members appointed to fill a vacancy, shall be elected to four-year terms, with members elected to even numbered positions for an initial term of one year and members elected to odd numbered positions for an initial term of three years, as follows:
(1) Position 1: Initial three year term
(2) Position 2: Initial one year term
(3) Position 3: Initial three year term
(4) Position 4: Initial one year term
(5) Position 5: Initial three year term
(G) Members of the municipal school board for the Town may succeed themselves.
(H) Vacancies occurring on the municipal school board for the Town shall be filled by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen by appointment of a person who would be eligible to serve as a member of the municipal school board, with such member to serve until a successor is elected and qualifies according to applicable law, the successor to be elected at the next general election for which candidates have sufficient time to qualify under applicable law.
(I) The initial municipal school board for the Town shall take office on the first day of the first month following certification of the results of the election to select the members of the initial municipal board.
(J) Compensation for the members and the chair of the municipal school board for the Town shall be the average compensation provided to all board of education members and chairs serving in any public school system within Shelby County, excluding Collierville's Board of Education stipend, as determined in January of the current year and recalculated annually each January, or the minimum compensation as defined in Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-202(d), as said statute may be amended from time to time, whichever amounts are greater.
(Ord. 2013-12, passed 8-22-13; Am. Ord. 2021-11, passed 8-9-21)