Culver City Municipal Code Art. X Board of Education

The Board of Education shall consist of five members, elected at-large from the School District, for a term of four years.

Only residents of the School District who are lawfully registered voters of the School District shall be eligible to hold office as a member of the Board of Education. Candidates for election to such office must have been lawfully registered voters of the School District for the 30 days immediately preceding the filing of their nomination papers.

The Board of Education shall fill any vacancy by appointment. Such appointee shall hold office until a successor is elected and certified. If the vacancy occurs before the first day to file nomination papers for the next regular Board of Education election, a Board Member shall be elected at that election as successor to any appointee, or to fill the vacancy if it has not been previously filled before appointment, and such newly elected Board Member shall serve for the remainder of any unexpired term and until a successor is elected and certified.

If a vacancy is not filled by appointment within 60 days after its occurrence, the Board of Education shall immediately call a special election. The special election shall be held not later than 120 days after the vacancy occurs, except that no special election shall be called to fill the vacancy if it cannot be held at least 180 days before the next regular Board of Education election. A person elected at a special election shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term and until a successor is elected and certified.

If there is an election to fill one or more full terms and one or more unexpired terms, then the candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall serve the full terms, and of the candidates remaining, those who receive the next highest number of votes shall serve the unexpired terms.

The grounds for forfeiture of the office of a member of the Board of Education are the following:

(a) The Board Member is absent, without the consent of the Board of Education, from all regular Board meetings for a period of 60 consecutive days from and after the last regular Board meeting attended by such Board Member;

(b) The Board Member is convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; or

(c) The Board Member ceases to be a resident and lawfully registered voter of the School District.

After the occurrence of any of the foregoing events, the office of the Board Member shall be declared vacant by the Board of Education, by a vote of at least three of its members. At the request of the affected Board Member, the Board of Education shall hold a public hearing before declaring the office vacant.

At the annual organizational meeting of the Board of Education, the members shall elect a president, vice-president and clerk. No Board Member shall serve more than two consecutive years in such office.

The Board of Education may, at its discretion, call an election for any reason sanctioned by law at any time it deems appropriate.