One five-year term seat on The Town of Webb UFSD Board of Education—commencing on July 1—is up for election this year.
Any interested Towan of Webb resident may pick up a petition from District Clerk Diane Kull, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Deadline for filing a petition is due Monday, April 21, 2014.
The legal qualifications for school board membership, as defined by Education Law are as follows:
• Must be able to read and write (§2102).
• Must be a qualified voter of the District; that is, a citizen of the United States, at least 18 years of age or older, and not having been adjudged incompetent (§§2102, 2012, 2502(7); Election Law §5-106(6). (Note a convicted felon is barred from running for a seat on a school board if his or her maximum prison sentence has not expired or if he or she has not been pardoned or discharged from parole (Elec. Law § 5-106(2)-(4)).
Must be and have been a resident (but need not be a taxpayer) of the district for a continuous and uninterrupted period of at least one year.
• May not have been removed from a school district office within the preceding year (§2103(2)).
•May not reside with another member of the same school board as a member of the same family (§2103 (3)).
• May not be a current employee of the school board (§§2103 (4)).
• May not simultaneously hold another incompatible public office.
