Candidates for Local School Board
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About Local School Board
About this position
- Office level
- Local
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Typical salary
- $0
- Commitment level
- Part Time
- Affiliation
- Nonpartisan
- Positions
- 3 open seats
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for Local School Board
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
A person who is a registered voter of this state and has been a resident of the school district for at least one year immediately preceding the day of election is eligible for election to the office of governing board member. No employee of a school district, including a person who directly provides certified or classified services to the school district as an employee of a third-party contractor, or the spouse of such an employee may hold membership on a governing board of a school district by which the employee is employed. A member of one governing board is ineligible to be a candidate for nomination or election to or serve simultaneously as a member of any other governing board, except that a member of a governing board may be a candidate for nomination or election for any other governing board if the member is serving in the last year of a term of office. A member of a governing board shall resign the member's seat on the governing board before becoming a candidate for nomination or election to the governing board of any other school district, unless the member of the governing board is serving in the last year of a term of office. (ARS 15-421)
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- No filing fee. Petition signature requirement of 0.5% of the total voter registration in the school district or career technical education district.
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the county school superintendent's office.
- Where to file
- 200 N. Stone Ave., Tucson AZ, 85701
- Filing phone
- 520-724-8451
- Step 3
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