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TITLE 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS 1-32500›DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS 1-32500›PART 4. ELECTIONS 5000-5442›CHAPTER 1. Election of School District Board Members 5000-5095›ARTICLE 1. Elections 5000-5033

§ 5021

California Education Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) If a proposal for the establishment of trustee areas formulated under Sections 5019 and 5020 is approved by a majority of the voters voting at the election, any affected incumbent board member shall serve out his or her term of office and succeeding board members shall be nominated and elected in accordance with Section 5030. In the event two or more trustee areas are established at such election which are not represented in the membership of the governing board of the school district, or community college district the county committee shall determine by lot the trustee area from which the nomination and election for the next vacancy on the governing board shall be made.

(b) If a proposal for rearrangement of boundaries is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the measure, or by the county committee on school district organization when no election is required, and if the boundary changes affect the board membership, any affected incumbent board member shall serve out his or her term of office and succeeding board members shall be nominated and elected in accordance with Section 5030.

(c) If a proposal for abolishing trustee areas is approved by a majority of the voters voting at the election, the incumbent board members shall serve out their terms of office and succeeding board members shall be nominated and elected at large from the district.

(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1287, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 1980.)

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