Article I. School Board.[396]
Sec. 27-1. Composition; election and terms of members.
The school board of the city shall be composed of seven
members, to be appointed by the city council, and there shall
be at least one member from each ward of the city. All vacancies
occurring by expiration of the term of office, as provided
in the Charter, shall be filled at the second regular meeting
of the city council in June of each year for a term of
three years, beginning on July first. Vacancies occurring
otherwise than by expiration of the term of office shall be
filled for the unexpired term. No member shall be eligible to
serve more than three successive full three-year terms. If, for
any reason, the city council should not fill the vacancies on
or before July first as above provided, appointments, when
made, shall be for the unexpired term. (Code 1959, § 27-1.)
Sec. 27-2. Powers and duties.[397]
The school board shall have the care, management and control
of public school property of the city, as provided by the
laws of the state. (Code 1959, § 27-2.)
Sec. 27-3. Report of expenditures and estimate of needed
funds.[398]
It shall be the duty of the school board annually, on or
before the thirty-first day of March of each year, and oftener
if deemed necessary by the city council, to submit to the city
council, in writing, a classified report, as prescribed by the
city council, of all expenditures and a classified estimate of
what funds will be needed for the proper maintenance and
growth of the public schools of the city and to request the
city council to make provisions by appropriation or levy for
the same. (Code 1959, § 27-3.)
