HB 335 -- -WARDS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS

SPONSOR: Mosley

This bill requires that any school district that is located within, in whole or in part, a street light maintenance district with a population of less than 3,000 inhabitants, and is located within a county with a charter form of government and with more than 950,000 inhabitants, the governing body of the county sitting as an apportionment commission shall establish seven wards for the purpose of election directors of such districts.

These wards must be within, or adjoining another school district that is within, a street light maintenance district with a population less than 3,000. The wards will be established for the purpose of electing school board members. The bill specifies how the ward boundaries will be drawn along with additional qualifications for members and the election process.

Currently, this applies only to St. Louis County.

This bill is similar to HB 2407 (2020) and HB 413 (2019).

Statutes affected:
Introduced (1119H.01): 162.387