Section 5205 Of Article 1. Districts Governed From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
5205
. The governing board of any elementary school district having
an average daily attendance of 1,000 or more pupils and an assessed
valuation of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) or more may, and
upon petition signed by 25 percent of the heads of families resident
in the district, shall order an election to determine whether or not,
it shall have the rights, powers, and duties of a city board of
education and whether or not the district shall for all purposes be
deemed to be a district governed by a city board of education.
If the governing board of the district consists of three members,
there shall be elected at the election, to take office if the
proposal for change in the rights, powers, and duties of the board is
approved, two additional members to the board. If the change is
approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting on the
proposition at the election, the board shall have the rights, powers,
and duties of a city board of education, and the district shall for
all purposes be deemed to be a district governed by a city board of
education. Also, if the change is so approved, the two additional
board members shall take office, the one receiving the highest number
of votes to serve until the first day of April following the second
succeeding regular election at which board members are elected, and
the one receiving the next highest number of votes to serve until the
first of April following the next such regular election. Thereafter,
the governing board of the district shall consist of five members
elected in the manner prescribed for other school districts for terms
of four years and until their successors are qualified, provided
that vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for unified
school districts.