Indiana § 3-8-1-34 - School board offices
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§ 3-8-1-34. School board offices
Sec. 34. (a) A candidate for a school board office must have resided in the school corporation for at least one (1) year before the election.
(b) This subsection applies to a candidate for school board office seeking to represent an election district that consists of less than the entire school corporation. The candidate must have resided in the election district for at least one (1) year before the election.
As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.95. Amended by P.L.3-1997, SEC.117; P.L.233-2015, SEC.1.
IC 3-8-2Chapter 2. Declaration of Candidacy for Federal, State, Legislative, or Local Office in Primary Election
3-8-2-1Application of chapter 3-8-2-2Necessity of declaration of candidacy for nomination at primary election 3-8-2-2.2Repealed 3-8-2-2.5Requirements for write-in candidates 3-8-2-2.6Repealed 3-8-2-2.7Withdrawal of a write-in candidate 3-8-2-3Precinct committeeman or delegate to state convention; necessity of declaration of candidacy 3-8-2-4Time for filing and execution of declaration of candidacy; declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate 3-8-2-5Candidates who file with secretary of state 3-8-2-6Candidates who file with county election board; posting copy of declarations of candidacy 3-8-2-7Declaration of candidacy; contents 3-8-2-8Declaration of candidacy for U.S. Senator or governor; petitions required; requirements for a signature; petitioner with a disability; affidavit of assistance 3-8-2-9Form of petition; certification 3-8-2-10Submission of petition to county voter registration office; return of petition 3-8-2-11Filing declaration of candidacy; statement of economic interests or financial disclosure statement 3-8-2-12Repealed 3-8-2-12.5Declaration of intent to be write-in candidate; party affiliation 3-8-2-13Release of list of candidates 3-8-2-14Questions concerning validity of declaration 3-8-2-15Declarations for more than one compensated office 3-8-2-16Declarations for more than one political party 3-8-2-17Certified list of candidates 3-8-2-18Questions concerning declarations of candidacy 3-8-2-19Publishing and filing notice of election; exceptions 3-8-2-20Notice of withdrawal of candidacy 3-8-2-21Withdrawal of declaration of candidacy 3-8-2-22Repealed 3-8-2-23Candidate moving from district in which running; action upon failure to withdraw 3-8-2-24Materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent petition
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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