{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-79-4-129","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-4,129","heading":"State committee; duties; school board; appointments; terms; duties.","body":"(1) Within thirty days after the classification of the reorganized school districts by the county clerk under section 79-4,128, the state committee shall appoint from among the legal voters of each new school district created the number of school board members specified in the plan of reorganization. A reorganized school district shall be formed and organized and shall have a school board not later than April 1 following the last legal action, as prescribed in section 79-4,128, necessary to effect the changes in boundaries as set forth in the plan of reorganization, although the physical reorganization of such reorganized school district shall take effect July 1 following the classification of the reorganized school districts under section 79-4,128. The first board shall be appointed on an at-large basis, and all boards shall be elected at large until such time as election districts are established as provided in section 32-554.\n(2) In appointing the first school board of a Class I, II, or III school district, the terms of approximately one-half of the members shall expire on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January after the first even-numbered year following their appointment and the terms of the remaining members shall expire on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January after the second even-numbered year following their appointment. Thereafter all Class I, II, or III district school boards shall be elected to terms of four years.\n(3) In appointing the first school board of a Class IV school district, the members shall be appointed so that the terms of three members shall expire on the third Monday in May of the first odd-numbered year following their appointment and the terms of four members shall expire on the third Monday in May of the second odd-numbered year following their appointment. Thereafter all Class IV district school boards shall be elected to terms of four years.\n(4) In appointing the first school board of a Class V school district after a reorganization under this section with a nine-member board serving terms of four years, the terms of the members shall expire as provided in section 32-545. All Class V district school boards shall be elected to terms of four years.\n(5) The school boards appointed under this section shall proceed at once to organize in the manner prescribed by law.","path":["Chapter 79 - SCHOOLS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=79-4,129","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"b8bebe1ee0d3b20696816c39801b020bffc8fae46593ac88f731903f2cf2f2f5","source_id":"us-ne","stale":true,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-79-4-128","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-79-4-130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}