FILE:  ABCB

Cf:  ABCA

QUALIFICATIONS FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

Persons eligible to serve as members of the DeSoto Parish School Board shall have the following minimum qualifications:

1. A School Board member shall have attained the age of eighteen (18).
   
   

2. A School Board member shall be domiciled in the election district for the preceding year, except after a reapportionment.
   
   

3. A School Board member shall have resided in the state for the preceding two (2) years.
   
   

4. A School Board member shall be able to read and write.
   
   

5. A School Board member shall not be serving on certain other boards specified in the Constitution of Louisiana.
   
   

6. A School Board member shall have affirmed to the prescribed oath.

It is desirable that members of the School Board have a genuine interest in and devotion to public education; a willingness to give time and effort to the work; a capacity for understanding people; and the ability to work cooperatively with others.

Each School Board member should recognize that he/she is a public official charged with an important responsibility.  In view of the fact that School Board members are elected to their position, each member has a responsibility to the voters who have elected him/her; however, representation should serve the best interest of the school system as a whole rather than that of a single district.

Approved:  June, 2003

Ref:    Constitution of Louisiana, Art. VIII, Sec. 8(a)

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:52, 17:71.2, 17:71.3, 42:141

DeSoto Parish School Board