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Bentonville board votes unanimously to adopt six-year member terms
Summary
The Bentonville School District Board voted to change trustee terms from four to six years after hearing legal guidance on how to implement the change under recent state law.
The Bentonville School District Board of Education voted unanimously Aug. 19 to adopt six-year terms for board members, after legal staff described a multi-step implementation plan under recent state election law.
District attorney Marshall Nye told the board that state law limits how districts can rebalance staggered terms and that his recommendation was to move to six-year terms “because otherwise half of your board is turning over” and frequent elections would burden the district. "I have universally recommended the districts that they go with 6 year terms," Nye said during the…
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