Colorado Code § 22-31-131

Election procedures in districts composed of a city and county
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(1) The
regular biennial school election in each school district coterminous with a city and county shall
be held on the first Tuesday in November of each odd-numbered year, shall be conducted and
supervised by the election commission of the city and county, and shall be governed by articles 1
to 13 of title 1. Limits on contributions to candidates for the board of education of such school
district are specified in section 1-45-103.7 (1.7). The disclosure of such contributions is
governed in accordance with sections 1-45-108 and 1-45-109.
(1.5) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
(I) In enacting section 7 of article XX of the state constitution, the people of the state of
Colorado recognized the uniqueness of the city and county of Denver and provided for the city
and county of Denver to constitute a single school district, district number 1;
(II) Section 7 of article XX of the state constitution, provides that the conduct, affairs,
and business of district number 1 for the city and county of Denver be in the hands of a board of
education consisting of such numbers and elected in such manner as the general school laws of
the state shall provide;
(III) The principle of shared decision-making by the board of education, the individual
school, and the parents of children enrolled in the individual school is being stressed in district
number 1;
(IV) All communities of district number 1, especially the parents of pupils enrolled in
the district, should be represented on the board of education and the views of such communities
will be better represented if five of the seven members of the board of education are elected
under a director district plan of representation;
(V) Such a director district plan of representation for district number 1 would promote
accountability of members of the board of education of district number 1 to the needs of their
constituents.
(b) (I) On and after January 1, 1993, each school district coterminous with a city and
county shall elect a seven-member board of education with one eligible elector elected from each
of five director districts and two eligible electors elected from the district at large. Directors
elected from each of the five director districts shall be voted on by the eligible electors residing
within the director district only, but the two directors elected at large shall be voted on by the
electors of the entire district. Directors shall be elected for four-year terms.
(II) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 195, § 14, effective August 4, 2004.)
(c) (I) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 195, § 14, effective August 4, 2004.)
(II) The board of education for school district number 1 shall provide for the revision of
the director district boundaries following each federal census.
(1.7) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 195, § 14, effective August 4, 2004.)
(2) to (11) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 835, § 31, effective January 1, 1993.)
(12) (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2006, p. 606, § 23, effective August 7, 2006.)
(b) and (c) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 195, § 14, effective August 4, 2004.)

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