Series 9000: Bylaws of the Board

9221 Filling Vacancies

If a Board member resigns, the Board shall make an appointment to fill the unexpired term within 30 days of a vacancy; thereafter, the Board of Selectmen shall make the appointment. 

Such vacancies will be formally announced to the Board at one of its regularly scheduled meetings. At the next regularly scheduled meeting, the vacancy will be filled by majority vote of all members of the Board of Education who are present and the action shall be recorded in the minutes of that meeting. 

If there is no regularly scheduled meeting within 30 days of a vacancy, the Board may call a special meeting. (cf. 9321 - Time, Place and Notification of Regular and Special Meetings) 

Legal Reference:

Connecticut General Statutes 

7-107 Vacancy appointments by selectmen. 

9-167a Minority representation. 

9-203 Number and term of members of board of education 

9-204 Minority representation on boards of education. 

10-156e Employees of boards of education permitted to serve as elected  officials; exception. 

10-219 Procedure for filling vacancy on board of education. 

10-232 Restriction on employment of members of the board of education. 

Bylaw adopted by the Board: December 8, 2014 THOMASTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Thomaston, Connecticut