(Published in the McAlester News-Capital September 14th, 2017.) ANNUAL ELECTION RESOLUTION (To be utilized if mill levies were made permanent in previous election) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Pittsburg County Election Board FROM: The Haileyville School District, Independent School District No. 11 of Pittsburg, County, Oklahoma The Board of Education of the Haileyville School District has approved the following resolution calling for an election to be submitted to the voters of the district. Date of the Election: An election shall be held to vote to elect board members for member position 3 on the second Tuesday in February, that being February 13, 2018, with a run-off election to be held on the first Tuesday in April, that being April 3, 2018 if no candidate for a board member position receives more than 50% of the vote. The polling places shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Board Member Position On Ballot: The voters shall elect a board member for board position No. 3, which has a 5-year term of office. Qualifications of Candidates for Office: To be eligible to be a candidate for member of the board of education of a school district, a person must have resided in the district for at least six months preceding the first day of the filing period, and have been a registered voter registered with the county election board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of the district for six months preceding the first day of the filing period. In school districts that have been divided into election districts, a candidate must have resided in the district for six months preceding the first day of the filing period and have been a registered voter registered within the county election board at an address located within the geographical boundaries of the election district for six months preceding the first day of the filing period. 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 person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving embezzlement or a felony under the laws of this state or of the United States or who has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to such misdemeanor involving embezzlement or felony or who has been convicted of a crime in another state which would have been a misdemeanor involving embezzlement or a felony under the laws of this state or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to such crime shall not be eligible to be a candidate for or be elected to any state, county, municipal, judicial, or school office or any other elective office of any political subdivision of this state for a period of fifteen years following completion of his sentence or during the pendency of an appeal of such conviction or plea. No person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or serve on a board of education if he or she is currently employed by the school district governed by the board of education or is related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity to any other member of the board of education or to any employee of the school district. The following are relatives within the second degree: A candidateâs spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, brother, sister, spouseâs child, spouseâs grandchild, spouseâs brother, spouseâs sister, spouseâs grandparent, grandchildâs spouse, parentâs spouse, and childâs spouse. The prohibitions in this paragraph shall not apply if the board member candidate is related within the second degree of affinity or consanguinity to an individual employed as a substitute teacher by the school district or as a temporary substitute support employee if the school district has an Average Daily Membership of less than five thousand (5,000). Candidates must affirm that upon being elected as a new member of the Board of Education, within fifteen (15) months of election, they will complete at least twelve (12) hours of instruction on education issues, including school finance, Oklahoma education laws, and ethics, duties and responsibilities of district board of education members. Incumbents must affirm that they will complete six (6) hours of instruction within fifteen (15) months of election emphasizing changes in school law. Voters Eligible to Vote: To be eligible to vote, a voter must be registered with the county election board at an address within the geographical boundaries of the district. Ballot Titles: The voters shall elect a board member for board position No. 3, which has a 5-year term of office. Approved by the Haileyville Board of Education this 11th day of September, 2017. /s/ Rusty Johnston, President of the Board of Education /s/ Jared J. Hauff, Clerk of the Board of Education
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