Run for Local School Board in AustinAustin, TX

An individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a Texas school board if the individual: 1. is a United States citizen; 2. is 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; 3. has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote; 4. has not been finally convicted of a felony from which the individual has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities; 5. has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date: a. for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate’s application for a place on the ballot; b. for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate’s name is written in; or c. for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made; 6. is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described at 5. above; and 7. satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office. Additionally, to be elected to a school board, an individual must be a qualified voter: 18 years of age or older, a United States citizen, a Texas resident, a registered voter, not determined to be totally or partially mentally incapacitated by an appropriate court, and not finally convicted of a felony. A person is ineligible to serve on a school board if the person has been convicted of an offense under Texas Penal Code section 43.02(b) regarding prostitution.