Important Dates
Next School Trustee Election:
May 7, 2022
Filing Window Opens:
Jan. 19, 2022
Filing Deadline:
Feb. 18, 2022
The Board of Trustees consists of seven members serving terms of three years, with elections held annually in May. The terms of one-third of the Board members, or as near to one-third as possible, expire each year. [Education Code 11.051(b), .059]
Election of Board members of the District shall be on the May uniform election date. [Election Code 41.001]
The following places and candidates will be on the ballot for the May 2022 election:
For filing information contact:
Linda Samples
972-882-7311
lsamples@mesquiteisd.org
Future Elections
| Place on Ballot |
Election Year |
| Places 3, 4 & 5 |
2023 |
| Places 6 & 7 |
2024 |
Eligibility Requirements
An Individual is eligible to be a candidate for a Texas School Board if the the individual:
- is a United States citizen;
- is 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable;
- has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
- has not been finally convicted of a felony;
- has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date:
- for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
- for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in; or
- for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
- is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described above; and
- satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.
Tex. Elec. Code § 141.001; Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066.
The Texas Education Code imposes additional requirements:
- To be elected to a school board, an individual must be a qualified voter: 18 years of age or older, a U.S. citizen, a Texas resident, a registered voter, not determined to be totally or partially mentally incapacitated by an appropriate court, and not finally convicted of a felony. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.061; Tex. Elec. Code § 11.002.
- A person is ineligible to serve on a school board if the person has been convicted of a felony or an offense under Texas Penal Code section 43.02(b) regarding prostitution. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066.
Source: Texas Association of School Boards, Inc. - TASB Legal Services
NOTICE OF DEADLINE TO FILE APPLICATIONS FOR PLACE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE 2022 ELECTION
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