128D.05 BOARD: NUMBER, TERM, PAY, VACANCIES.
    Subdivision 1. Number, term, pay. (a) The board of education of such district shall consist
of seven directors. The term of office of each director shall be four years or until a successor is
elected and qualified. The directors shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the
board of education.
(b) The governing body of Special School District No. 1 may provide for election of four of
its directors in 1994 and subsequent years for four-year terms, and election of three of its directors
in 1996 and subsequent years for four-year terms. To accomplish this change, the governing body
may provide that the terms of office for directors elected in 1991 will expire January 1, 1995, and
that the terms of office for directors to be elected in 1993 will expire January 1, 1997.
    Subd. 2. Time of change. A proposed change in election years adopted under subdivision 1
is effective 240 days after passage and publication or at a later date fixed in the proposal. Within
180 days after passage and publication of the proposal, a petition requesting a referendum on the
proposal may be filed with the school district clerk. The petition must be signed by eligible voters
equal in number to five percent of the total number of votes cast in the city of Minneapolis at the
most recent state general election. If the requisite petition is filed within the prescribed period, the
proposal does not become effective until it is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the
question at a general or special election held at least 60 days after submission of the petition. If
the petition is filed, the governing body may reconsider its action in adopting the proposal.
    Subd. 3. Vacancies. In case any vacancy occurs in the office of school director because of
death, resignation, or cessation of residence in the district, or any other cause, so that after the
next general school election following such vacancy there shall be remaining at least two years of
the unexpired term, a school director shall be elected at the next general school election to fill the
place of such director, but until such election, or if no election is to be had under the foregoing
provisions or because of the lack of time to comply with the election requirements when an
election is pending, the remaining directors shall fill such vacancy. The director so appointed
shall hold office until the first business day in January following the election of a successor, or
until that successor qualifies.
History: 1959 c 462 s 3; 1963 c 645 s 3; 1967 c 661 s 3; 1973 c 223 s 3; 1974 c 366 s
1; 1978 c 559 s 1; 1992 c 378 s 1,2