Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 195 - FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDING FOR FILLING VACANCY IN MILFORD SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF BOARDS OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS", BEING CHAPTER 143 OF VOLUME 44 LAWS OF DELAWARE BY PROVIDING FOR THE FILLING OF A VACANCY IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MILFORD SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That 2655 A. Section 33 A. of Chapter 71 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same hereby is amended by striking out the last paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph which shall read as follows:

A vacancy on a Board of Education for any cause shall be filled by the remaining members of the Board of Education for the unexpired term. Any member ceasing to be a resident of his respective school district, his office shall thereupon, become vacant; provided that a vacancy on the Board of Education of Milford Special School District for any cause shall be filled by the remaining members of the Board to serve until the next election at which time his successor shall be elected for the unexpired term caused by such vacancy; and provided further however, such appointee shall reside in the same district in which such vacancy occurred and that two members elected to said Board shall come from that portion of the district lying in Kent County and two members shall come from that portion of the district lying in Sussex County.

Approved March 14, 1945.