§61.  Caddo Parish School Board; number of members; election; determination of membership; districts; terms; remuneration; qualifications; vacancies

A.  The Caddo Parish School Board shall consist of eighteen members elected in the congressional election.  For purposes of determining membership on the Caddo Parish School Board, Caddo Parish shall be divided into six districts.  These districts shall be designated as School Board District A, School Board District B, School Board District C, School Board District D, School Board District E, and School Board District F.  

B.(1)  School Board District A shall comprise all that area lying within the corporate limits of the city of Shreveport as they now exist or may hereafter be extended.  

(2)  School Board District B shall comprise all that area within the Police Jury Wards One and Nine, and all of that part of Police Jury Ward Four lying north of the city of Shreveport and east of Soda Lake Canal as wards are now officially delineated.  

(3)  School Board District C shall consist of all that area of Police Jury Ward Two as the Ward is now officially delineated.  

(4)  School Board District D shall consist of all that area enclosed by the following described traverse: Starting at a point on the Louisiana-Texas state line, said point of beginning being on the township line between Townships Sixteen North and Seventeen North; thence running easterly along the south line of Township Seventeen North to the southeast corner of Section Thirty-two, Township Seventeen North Range Fifteen West; thence northerly along the east side of Sections Thirty-two, Twenty-nine, Twenty, Seventeen, Eight, and Five of Township Seventeen North Range Fifteen West, and continuing northerly along the east side of Sections Thirty-two and Twenty-nine of Township Eighteen North Range Fifteen West to a point on the south boundary of Police Jury Ward Three; thence in an easterly direction and continuing along the boundary of Police Jury Ward Three to a point on the Louisiana-Texas state line; thence south along the Louisiana-Texas state line to the place of beginning.  

(5)  School Board District E shall consist of all that area within the following described traverse: Beginning at a point on the Louisiana-Texas state line, said point of beginning being also on the Caddo-DeSoto Parish line, extending easterly along the Caddo-DeSoto Parish line to a point on the east side of Section Thirteen, Township Fifteen North Range Fifteen West; thence northerly along the east side of Sections Thirteen, Twelve, and One, Township Fifteen North Range Fifteen West, and continuing northerly along the east side of Sections Thirty-six, Twenty-five, Twenty-four, Thirteen, Twelve, and One of Township Sixteen North Range Fifteen West, and continuing northerly along the east side of Sections Thirty-six, Twenty-five, and Twenty-four of Township Seventeen North, Range Fifteen West to the northeast corner of Section Twenty-four; thence easterly along the south side of Sections Eighteen and Seventeen, Township Seventeen North Range Fourteen West to the southeast corner of Section Seventeen; thence northerly along the east line of said Section Seventeen to the Shreveport city limits; thence continuing around the above described Districts A and D to a point on the Louisiana-Texas state line; thence south along the Louisiana-Texas state line to the place of beginning.  

(6)  School Board District F shall comprise all of Police Jury Wards Four, Seven and Eight, as wards are now officially delineated, less that area within the above described Districts A, B, and E.  

(7)  In the event any part of School Board Districts B, D, E, or F are taken into the city of Shreveport and included in its city limits, that area so included in the city limits of Shreveport shall automatically become a part of School Board District A and be taken from its former district.  

C.  The membership of the board and the election of the members shall be as follows:

(1)  School Board District A shall have thirteen members on the board.  School Board Districts B, C, D, E, and F shall each have one member on the board.  

(2)  All present members of the board shall serve out the full term for which they were elected or until their successors have qualified and assumed office.  The members of the board who are elected at the election for school board members held at the congressional election in 1980 shall serve for terms of six years.  The members of the board who are elected at the election for school board members held at the congressional election in 1982 shall serve for terms of four years.  The members of the board who are elected at the election for school board members held at the congressional election in 1984 shall serve for terms of two years.  All members of the Caddo Parish School Board shall be elected at the election for school board members to be held at the congressional election in 1986.  The members elected in 1986, and their successors in office, shall serve four-year concurrent terms.  

D.  All members elected to the parish school board shall assume the duties of office at the January meeting of the board following their election.

E.  Members of the Caddo Parish School Board shall receive the same remuneration, possess the same qualifications, and qualify for election in the same manner as now or hereafter provided by law for members of other parish school boards.  A vacancy occurring on the board shall be filled in the manner provided by law for filling of vacancies in the other parish school boards.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 2, §1.  Amended by Acts 1980, No. 285, §4, eff. July 14, 1980.