North Dakota Century Code Title 15.1. Elementary and Secondary Education § 15.1-09-05. School board--Vacancies--Appointments

1. The business manager of a school district shall notify the county superintendent that a vacancy exists on the school board.

2. The board of a school district shall fill by appointment or special election any vacant seat on the board. The term of an individual selected by appointment or special election to fill a vacancy extends until a successor is elected and qualified at the next annual election. If a school board fails to fill a vacancy by appointment or fails to call a special election to fill a vacancy within sixty days from the time the vacancy occurred, the county superintendent shall call a special election to fill the vacancy. The election must be conducted in the same manner as the annual school district election.

3. If a vacancy reduces the membership of a school board to less than a quorum, the state board of public school education shall appoint to the school board as many individuals as necessary to achieve a quorum. The school board then shall fill the remaining vacancies. After the vacancies have been filled, any individual appointed by the state board shall resign and the school board shall fill the vacancy in accordance with this section. After resigning, the individual who had been appointed by the state board may be reappointed by the school board to fill the vacancy.

4. A vacancy may be declared for any reason set forth in section 44-02-01.

5. The business manager shall certify any appointment made under this section to the county superintendent of schools.