ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of school board Trustee, a person must:
- Be a United States citizen.
- Be 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.
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Have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
- Totally
mentally incapacitated and the person's mental capacity has not
subsequently been completely restored by a final judgment of a court
exercising probate jurisdiction;
or
- Partially
mentally incapacitated without the right to vote and the person's
guardianship has not been modified to include the right to vote or the
person's mental capacity has not been completely restored by a
subsequent final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction.
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Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the
person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting
disabilities. Atty. Gen. Op. LO 96-114 (1996)
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Be a resident of Texas and the territory from which the office
is elected for the period of time described at CANDIDATE'S RESIDENCY
TERM, below.
Tex. Const. Art. XVI, Sec. 14
Election Code 1.020; 141.001(a); Brown v. Patterson, 609 S.W.2d 287 (Tex. Civ. App.-Dallas 1980, no writ)