ID Code § 33-5503 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 33 - EDUCATION|Chapter 55 - IDAHO DIGITAL LEARNING ACADEMY|Section 33-5503 - ACADEMY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

33-5503. ACADEMY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (1) There is hereby created an academy board of directors which shall be responsible for the development and oversight of the Idaho digital learning academy. (2) The academy board of directors shall be comprised of eight (8) voting members and one (1) nonvoting member as follows: (a) Three (3) members shall be superintendents, each elected to a three (3) year term and each representing two (2) educational classification regions as established by the state board of education. One (1) superintendent shall be elected from among the superintendents in regions one and two on a rotating term basis between the two (2) regions; one (1) superintendent shall be elected from among the superintendents in regions three and four on a rotating term basis between the two (2) regions; and one (1) superintendent shall be elected from among the superintendents in regions five and six on a rotating term basis between the two (2) regions; (b) Two (2) members shall be principals, each elected to a three (3) year term by the governing body of the Idaho association of school administrators; (c) Two (2) members shall be citizens at-large who are not professional educators, appointed by the members of the academy board, each to a term of three (3) years;  (d) The state superintendent of public instruction shall be a voting member and shall serve concurrently with the term of office to which the state superintendent is elected; and (e) One (1) member shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member appointed by the academy board of directors to serve as secretary to the academy board. (3) For purposes of establishing staggered terms of office, the initial term of office for the superintendent position representing educational classification regions one and two shall be one (1) year, and thereafter shall be three (3) years. The initial term of office for the superintendent position representing educational classification regions three and four shall be two (2) years, and thereafter shall be three (3) years. The superintendent position representing educational classification regions five and six shall be three (3) years. The initial term of office for one (1) principal position shall be one (1) year and thereafter shall be three (3) years, and the initial term of office for the other principal position shall be two (2) years and thereafter shall be three (3) years. The initial term of office for one (1) member at-large shall be one (1) year and thereafter shall be three (3) years, and the term of office for the other member at-large shall be three (3) years. (4) No voting member shall serve for more than two (2) consecutive full terms. Members of the board who are appointed to fill vacancies which occur prior to the expiration of a former member’s full term shall serve the unexpired portion of such term. (5) The board shall meet in person at least three (3) times annually; none of these three (3) meetings shall be conducted by telephone or video conferencing.  History: [33-5503, added 2002, ch. 105, sec. 1, p. 285; am. 2008, ch. 119, sec. 2, p. 333; am. 2009, ch. 55, sec. 2, p. 157.]