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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7274
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4810
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E FILLING OF BOARD OF EDUCATION
VACANCIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-219 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
If a vacancy occurs in the office of any member of the local board of 3
education, unless otherwise provided by section 7-107, charter or 4
special act, such vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of 5
said board until the next regular town election, at which election a 6
successor shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term, the 7
official ballot specifying the vacancy to be filled. 8
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 10-219
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Statement of Purpose:
To specify that a board of selectmen or the chief executive official of a
municipality, as applicable, has the authority to fill a vacancy on a
local board of education if such vacancy is not filled by such board
within thirty days after the occurrence of such vacancy.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]