22 Pa. Code § 17.3 - Election of intermediate unit boards of directors
(a)
Seats. Each intermediate
unit board of directors shall establish the number of seats on the intermediate
unit board in accordance with section 910-A of the Public School Code of 1949
(24
P. S. §
9-960) and shall annually notify the
Secretary by December 15 of the number of seats established.
(b)
Nominations. Component
school districts of the intermediate unit shall present nominations for members
to stand for election for the intermediate unit board of directors. Only those
school district board members nominated by a majority vote of the school
district board may be elected to the intermediate unit board .
(c)
Voting. Voting for seats
on the intermediate unit board of directors shall conform with the following:
(1) Voting shall be on signed ballot forms
provided by the executive director and the ballot shall list the persons
nominated under subsection (b).
(2)
The ballot used to represent a valid vote shall indicate on its face the
proportionate number of votes the director is entitled to cast and the name of
the school district.
(3) Each
school director of each school board within an intermediate unit shall be
entitled to cast a proportionate vote, the proportionate vote to be computed in
accordance with the formula specified in the Public School Code of 1949
(24
P. S. §§
1-101-27-2702) from the latest data
available to the Secretary .
(4)
Votes shall be cast as individual board members and not as a school board
vote.
(5) Splitting of
proportionate votes and cumulative voting shall be prohibited.
(6) In the event a school director shall cast
duplicate votes for a candidate, the proportionate vote shall be counted for
that candidate only once.
(7) The
school directors receiving the highest number of proportionate votes cast by
the directors voting shall be declared elected, provided the limitations as to
number per district, as outlined in section 910-A of the Public School Code of
1949 (24 P. S. §
9-960), shall be
applied.
(d)
Ties. Ties shall be broken by drawing of lots.
(e)
Terms. The terms of
office of the intermediate unit board of directors shall be for 3 years as
provided in section 910-A of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. §
9-960).
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