Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB1444 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE BILL 1418
3	3	By Boyd
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5	5	SENATE BILL 1444
6	6	By Pody
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9	9	SB1444
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Chapter 330 of the Acts of 1901; as amended
14	14	by Chapter 99 of the Private Acts of 1943 and Chapter
15	15	57 of the Private Acts of 2022; and any other acts
16	16	amendatory thereto, relative to the Tenth School District
17	17	of Wilson County.
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19	19	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
20	20	SECTION 1. Chapter 330 of the Acts of 1901, as amended by Chapter 99 of the Private
21	21	Acts of 1943, Chapter 57 of the Private Acts of 2022, and any other acts amendatory thereto, is
22	22	amended by deleting Section 2 in its entirety and substituting instead the following:
23	23	Section 2. That the control and government of said Tenth School District of
24	24	Wilson County, shall be vested in a Board of Education. The Board of Education shall
25	25	be expanded from three (3) to five (5) members, three (3) of whom shall constitute a
26	26	quorum for the transaction of business. The Tenth School District shall be divided into
27	27	five (5) districts of equal population distribution. The School District shall present the
28	28	boundaries of said districts to the Wilson County Election Commission no later than
29	29	September 1, 2025.
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31	31	One (1) member of the Tenth School District Board of Education shall be elected from
32	32	each of the five (5) districts by qualified voters thereof. Board members shall be elected
33	33	to staggered four-year terms so that every two (2) years, the terms of either two (2) or
34	34	three (3) board members shall expire, with the oddnumbered districts expiring at the
35	35	same time and the even-numbered districts expiring at the same time. Persons elected
36	36	in the regular August elections shall take office on September 1 following the election
37	37	and serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
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43	43	During the transition from three (3) board members as provided under prior law, to the
44	44	five (5) districts and board members as provided for in this act, all incumbent board
45	45	members shall remain on the Board of Education until the expiration of their current
46	46	terms. In order to maintain a board with staggered four-year terms, the odd-numbered
47	47	districts shall be elected to two-year terms, and the even-numbered districts shall be
48	48	elected to four-year terms. Thereafter, board members shall be elected to four-year
49	49	terms as the term of each respective board member expires.
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51	51	No member of the Board of Education shall serve more than two (2) terms.
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53	53	In the event of vacancies on the Board of Education, such vacancy shall be filled by
54	54	appointment or election made by the other members of said Board of Education, and the
55	55	person so appointed or elected to fill such vacancy shall serve until the next general
56	56	biennial August election, when an election shall be held to fill such vacancy. All
57	57	members of said Board of Education, when appointed or elected, shall continue to serve
58	58	until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
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60	60	No one shall be eligible for election and qualification as a member of said Board of
61	61	Education, except a resident or citizen of the district for which they are running, who
62	62	shall be more than twenty-five (25) years of age. Members must reside in the district
63	63	from which they are elected for more than one (1) year prior to the election. Said Board
64	64	of Education shall organize by electing a Chairperson and Secretary, both of whom shall
65	65	be members of the Board.
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67	67	Said Board of Education shall be elected under the general election laws of the State of
68	68	Tennessee, and they shall have all the powers and authority given them, both under this
69	69	Act and under the general laws of the State of Tennessee. They shall especially have
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74	74	the power and authority to elect all the teachers of the elementary and middle schools of
75	75	the Tenth School District, fix their compensation, to control and manage the school
76	76	buildings, grounds and property of said School District, and to otherwise govern,
77	77	regulate and control the affairs of said School District.
78	78	SECTION 2. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote
79	79	of the legislative body of Wilson County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the
80	80	presiding officer of the legislative body and certified to the secretary of state.
81	81	SECTION 3. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall
82	82	be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall
83	83	become effective as provided in Section 2.