The Etowah City Board of Education consists of five (5) members who shall serve staggered four year terms. Members of the Etowah City Board of Education shall be elected on the first Thursday in August of each even-numbered year to coincide with the municipal elections. Those persons elected in the election shall take office at the first meeting following the certification of such election by the McMinn County Election Commission.
Ties will be resolved by a vote of the members of the city commission at their first regularly scheduled meeting following the election. The Etowah City Board of Education is elected according to Tennessee Code Annotated, § 49-2-201 or any other general law, if any, governing the election of boards of education in effect on that date.
The salary of each member of the Etowah City Board of Education may be set by ordinance and may be increased or decreased provided that no such increase or decrease in salary shall take effect until after the expiration of the terms of office of all members of the board of education in office at the time of the adoption of such ordinance. Any vacancies occurring in the membership of the Etowah City Board of Education shall be filled by appointment by the city commission for the remainder of the term.