(Published in The Norman Transcript October 24, 2016, 1t) LEGAL NOTICE of Election to Select a Board Member of Independent School District No. 29 of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, for Election District Number Two (Board Position No. 2) Must be (1) published in a legal newspaper on or before November 18, 2016, and (2) posted at the School District Administrative Office and the Cleveland County Election Board Office. DATE OF THE ELECTION: A nomination election shall be held on the second Tuesday in February, i.e. February 14, 2017, to select a Board Member of Independent School District No. 29 of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, to represent Election District Number Two (Board Position No. 2). If, in the nomination election, one candidate in the Election District receives more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes cast, that candidate is elected and a run-off election in the Election District is not required. If no candidate receives more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes cast in the nomination election in the Election District, a runoff election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, i.e. April 4, 2017, between the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the nomination election. The polling places shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. BOARD MEMBER POSITION ON BALLOT: The voters of Election District Number Two (Board Position No. 2) shall elect a Board Member for Election District Number Two (Board Position No. 2), which has a five (5) year term of office. QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE: To be eligible to be a candidate, a person must have been: (i) a registered voter registered with the County Election Board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of the Election District for which the person files a Declaration of Candidacy for six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period (December 5, 2016); and (ii) must have resided in the Election District for which the person files a Declaration of Candidacy for at least six (6) months preceding the first day of the filing period (December 5, 2016). No person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or elected to be a member of the Board of Education of a school district unless the person has been awarded a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalency. A candidate may not be related to an employee of Independent School District No. 29 of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, or to a Member of the Board of Education of said School District within the second degree by blood or marriage. The following are relatives within the second degree: a candidates spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, brother, sister, spouses child, spouses grandchild, spouses brother, spouses sister, spouses grandparent, grandchilds spouse, parents spouse, and childs spouse. A candidate cannot have been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty or no contest to, a misdemeanor involving embezzlement or a felony and it presently be within fifteen (15) years of the completion of the sentence or during the pendency of an appeal of such conviction or plea. If the candidate is not an incumbent member of the Board of Education, the candidate must agree and pledge, in writing, when the candidate files the candidate's Notification and Declaration of Candidacy that the candidate will complete at least twelve (12) hours of instruction, within fifteen (15) months of election, on educational issues in the following areas: school finance, legal issues, which include but are not limited to employment, due process, new laws, the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; and duties and responsibilities, which include, but are not limited to, special education and ethics, of district board of education members. Each elector shall agree and pledge in writing to complete at least one (1) hour of instruction in school finance, one (1) hour of instruction in the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and one (1) hour of instruction in ethics. The remaining hours may be satisfied by attending a two-day workshop to be held within the state by the State Department of Education, by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, or by attending workshops, seminars or classes which address the above-mentioned subject matter, and which are sponsored by the any organization approved by the State Board of Education, including, but not limited to, institutions of higher education. If the candidate is an incumbent member of the Board of Education, in his or her Notification and Declaration of Candidacy, the candidate must agree and pledge, in writing, that upon reelection the candidate will complete six (6) hours of instruction, within fifteen (15) months of election, including one (1) hour of instruction in school finance, one (1) hour of instruction in the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, and one (1) hour of instruction in ethics. The remaining hours may be satisfied by attending workshops, seminars or classes addressing educational issues approved for credit by the Oklahoma State Board of Education. If a member has not satisfied the above instructional requirements within fifteen (15) months of his or her election, the local board of education shall declare the seat of such member vacant and fill the vacancy according to law. If the candidate has served a full term of office as a member of the Board of Education and if the candidate has failed to attend a minimum of fifteen (15) hours of continuing education courses, workshops, seminars, conferences and conventions within this state which satisfy the continuing education requirement and which are approved jointly by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the candidate is ineligible to run for reelection and/or be reappointed to the Board of Education for five (5) years. VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE: To be eligible to vote in the Nomination Election for Election District Number Two (Board Position No. 2), a voter must be registered with the County Election Board at an address within the geographical boundaries of the Election District. BALLOT TITLES: The ballot to be submitted to the voters shall call for the voters to: Select one candidate as a Board Member of Independent School District No. 29 of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, to represent Election District Number Two (Board Position No. 2). s/ Daniel C. Snell President, Board of Education s/ Natalie Eckert Clerk, Board of Education
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