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Utah Code § 20A-14-101.5: State Board of Education -- Number of members -- State Board of Education district boundaries.

(1) The State Board of Education shall consist of 15 members, with one member to be elected from each State Board of Education district.
(2) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connection with the taking of the 2020 national decennial census as the official data for establishing State Board of Education district boundaries.
(3)
(a) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the Legislature enacts the district numbers and boundaries of the State Board of Education districts designated in the Board block equivalency file and resulting Board shapefile that is the electronic component of Laws of Utah 2021, Second Special Session, Chapter 10:
(i) for purposes of nominating and electing certain members of the State Board of Education beginning January 1, 2022; and
(ii) for all other purposes beginning January 2, 2023.
(b) The Legislature shall ensure that the Board shapefile, and the State Board of Education district boundaries generated from the Board shapefile, are accessible on the Utah Legislature's website.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 20A Election Code
Chapter 20A-14 Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards
Part 20A-14-1 State School Board - Nomination and Election

(1) The State Board of Education shall consist of 15 members, with one member to be elected from each State Board of Education district.

(2) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connection with the taking of the 2020 national decennial census as the official data for establishing State Board of Education district boundaries.

(3)

(a) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the Legislature enacts the district numbers and boundaries of the State Board of Education districts designated in the Board block equivalency file and resulting Board shapefile that is the electronic component of Laws of Utah 2021, Second Special Session, Chapter 10:

(i) for purposes of nominating and electing certain members of the State Board of Education beginning January 1, 2022; and

(ii) for all other purposes beginning January 2, 2023.

(b) The Legislature shall ensure that the Board shapefile, and the State Board of Education district boundaries generated from the Board shapefile, are accessible on the Utah Legislature's website.

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