Section 17.3. Election of intermediate unit boards of directors

(a) Seats. Each intermediate unit board of directors shall establish the number of seats on the intermediate unit board in accordance with section 910-A of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. § 9-960) and shall annually notify the Secretary by December 15 of the number of seats established.

(b) Nominations. Component school districts of the intermediate unit shall present nominations for members to stand for election for the intermediate unit board of directors. Only those school district board members nominated by a majority vote of the school district board may be elected to the intermediate unit board.

(c) Voting. Voting for seats on the intermediate unit board of directors shall conform with the following:

(1) Voting shall be on signed ballot forms provided by the executive director and the ballot shall list the persons nominated under subsection (b).

(2) The ballot used to represent a valid vote shall indicate on its face the proportionate number of votes the director is entitled to cast and the name of the school district.

(3) Each school director of each school board within an intermediate unit shall be entitled to cast a proportionate vote, the proportionate vote to be computed in accordance with the formula specified in the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. § § 1-101—27-2702) from the latest data available to the Secretary.

(4) Votes shall be cast as individual board members and not as a school board vote.

(5) Splitting of proportionate votes and cumulative voting shall be prohibited.

(6) In the event a school director shall cast duplicate votes for a candidate, the proportionate vote shall be counted for that candidate only once.

(7) The school directors receiving the highest number of proportionate votes cast by the directors voting shall be declared elected, provided the limitations as to number per district, as outlined in section 910-A of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. § 9-960), shall be applied.

(d) Ties. Ties shall be broken by drawing of lots.

(e) Terms. The terms of office of the intermediate unit board of directors shall be for 3 years as provided in section 910-A of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. § 9-960).

The provisions of this § 17.3 adopted August 21, 1970, effective August 22, 1970, 1 Pa.B. 196; amended January 17, 1976, effective January 18, 1976, 6 Pa.B. 77; amended November 20, 1981, effective November 21, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 4111; amended September 8, 1989, effective September 9, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 3819. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (67517) to (67518).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 17.3 amended under section 408.1 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 118.1) (Repealed); amended under sections 775, 951—971 and 2603-B of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. § § 7-775, 9-951—9-971 and 26-2603-B).