Composition and Terms of Office for Board Members

The Board shall be composed and serve terms as follows:

(a)Three

(3)Appointed Voting Members. I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall appoint, subject to the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan, one

(1)voting member from among each of the following to serve for a term of three

(3)years:

(1)one

(1)member who is employed in an upper level managerial position in a private business;

(2)one

(1)member who is a parent of a student enrolled within the Guam Department of Education; and

(3)one

(1)member who is a retired teacher or administrator of the Guam Department of Education.

(b)Six

(6)Elected Voting Members. Six

(6)voting members shall be elected at-large at each General Election. Each elected voting member shall serve for a term of two

(2)years, commencing at 12:00 noon on the first Monday in January following their election. A candidate for the Board must be at least twenty-five

(25)years old, and a resident of Guam for at least five

(5)years immediately proceeding the date on which the member takes office and continuing throughout the term.

(1)Nomination of candidates for election to the Board shall be made by petition on forms prescribed by the Guam Election Commission (Commission) and initiated by the candidate. In order for a candidate’s name to be placed on the ballot for election to the Board, such petition must be signed by not less than one hundred fifty

(150)persons registered to vote in Guam and must be filed with the Commission no later than the first Monday after a Primary Election, unless such date is a holiday, in which it shall be filed the day following the holiday, or sixty

(60)days prior to a Special Election. No defect in any nominating petition presented to the Commission shall prevent the filing of another petition which is presented within the allowed filing period.

(2)The election provided for within this Subsection

(b)shall be non-partisan, and no political party shall directly or indirectly sponsor, nominate or endorse any of the candidates for such office.

(c)Non-Voting Members. The Board shall have the following non-voting members serving a term of one

(1)year:

(1)one

(1)student member of the Board shall be elected by an Island-wide School Board of Governing Students. The student member shall be a junior or a senior at a public high school and maintain a grade point average of 2.5 or above; and the student member shall receive servicelearning credits for the service hours on the Board; and CH. 3 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

(2)one

(1)member appointed by the exclusive bargaining unit which represents teachers and other employees within the Department.

(d)Non-Voting Member of the Mayors’ Council of Guam. One

(1)member appointed by the Mayors’ Council of Guam who shall serve for a term of two

(2)years, or for the remaining term of the appointed Mayor, whichever is longer.