Oath of Office 1125

HAGERMAN JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 233

Oath of Office

An oath of office is required to be administered to each school board trustee, whether elected, re-elected or appointed. The trustee is required to take his/her oath within ten (10) days after the trustee has notice of his/her election or appointment, or within fifteen (15) days from the commencement of his/her term of office. Before any school district trustee elected or appointed enters upon the duties of his/her office, he/she must take the following oath:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm, if re-elected) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Idaho, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of Trustee of Joint Hagerman School District No. 233 according to the best of my ability.

The oath is required to be administered by the clerk or by a trustee. Additionally, the records of the district are required to show that such oath of office has been taken and by whom the oath was administered. Finally, this information is required to be filed with the official records of the district.

A school district trustee holds office from January 1 in the year in which he/she is elected until January 1 in the year in which his/her term of office expires, unless: he/she dies; resigns as trustee; removes him/herself from the trustee zone of residence; refuses to serve as trustee; fails to attend four (4) consecutive regular meetings of the board without an acceptable excuse to the board of trustees or is recalled and discharged from office.

If the school district trustee is appointed, he/she holds office from the time he/she takes the oath of office until January 1 in the year in which the original term of office to which he/she was appointed expires, unless: he/she dies; resigns as trustee; removes him/herself from their trustee zone of residence; refuses to serve as trustee; fails to attend four (4) consecutive regular meetings of the board without an acceptable excuse to the board of trustees or is recalled and discharged from office.

Cross Reference: 1140.00 Vacancies

Legal Reference: I.C. § 33-501 Board of Trustees

I.C. § 33-504 Vacancies on Boards of Trustees

I.C. § 59-401 Loyalty Oath—Form

I.C. § 59-402 Time of Taking Oath

Policy History

Adopted on: 10/08/2012

Reviewed on:01/11/2021

Revised on:02/08/2021