§ 702. TERM OF OFFICE.

A.

Except as provided in subsection B, the members of the Board of Education shall hold office for a term of four years, and until their successors are elected and have duly qualified.

B.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, in order to transition to new election dates starting in 2020, the terms of office of members of the Board of Education elected in the year 2015 shall expire in December 2020 and the terms of office of members of the Board of Education elected in the year 2017 shall expire in December 2022.

C.

Beginning in the year 2020, the terms of office of members of the Board of Education elected in the geographic sub-districts for seats 2, 4, and 6 shall commence in the year 2020 and in each fourth anniversary of the year 2020, and the terms of office of members of the Board of Education elected in the geographic sub-districts for seats 1, 3, 5, and 7 shall commence in the year 2022 and in each fourth anniversary of the year 2022. The terms of office for all members of the Board of Education shall commence on the fifth Monday following their election and until their respective successors are elected and have duly qualified.

(Sec. 702 amended by vote of the people 6-5-2018)