A proposal to redefine and change trustee zones may be initiated by the Board of Trustees, or by a petition signed by not less than fifty (50) school electors residing in the District, and presented to the Board. [Idaho Code 33-313 (4)] A proposal to redefine and change trustee zones of the District shall be initiated by the Board at the first meeting following the report of the decennial census, and submitted to the State Board of Education. Within one hundred twenty (120) days following the decennial census or the receipt of a petition to redefine and change the trustee zones of the District the Board shall prepare a proposal for a change which will equalize the population in each zone in the District and shall submit the proposal to the State Board of Education in accordance with the requirements of Idaho Code 33-313.
When a change in the boundaries of a duly elected Trustee’s zone causes them to no longer reside in the zone they were elected to serve, the Trustee shall be allowed to remain in office for the remainder of their term. This shall not apply to a Trustee who resides at a different address from the one they resided at when the election took place. In such cases and in cases where the Trustee was appointed to represent a zone they no longer reside within, a vacancy shall be declared as described in Policy 1015.00.