Local Higher Education Board-Community College Board
About this position
Board members maintain the college and have duties including: Enforce the courses of study prescribed by the governing board; Visit each community college under its jurisdiction and examine carefully into its management, conditions and needs; Exclude from each community college books, publications, or papers of a sectarian, partisan or denominational character that are intended for use as textbooks; Make appointments; Determine the salaries of persons it appoints and employs; Remove any officer or employee if, in its judgment, the interests of education require the removal; Award degrees, certificates and diplomas upon the completion of courses and curriculum.
Individuals seeking election to the governing body of a community college must be a qualified elector within the precinct in which the duties are to be exercised. Employees of a community college district or their spouses are not eligible to serve as a member of the governing board of the district. A county officer listed in A.R.S SS11-401 is not eligible to serve as a community college district governing board member during his/her term of 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.