School Board Trustee Members

Board of Trustees	Elected	Expires
Victor Bonilla III	November 2018	November 2022
Manuel “Ray” Espinosa	November 2016*	November 2020
Nora Flores-Guerrero	November 2016	November 2020
Eric Garcia	November 2018	November 2022
Melissa Marquez-Guerrero	November 2018	November 2022
Jose Uribes Jr.	November 2016	November 2020
Peggy Young	November 2016*	November 2020

Election are held every 2 years.

Board members serve 4 year terms.

 

Four positions will be open for the November 2020 elections.

TEXAS ELECTION CODE

TITLE 9. CANDIDATES

CHAPTER 141. CANDIDACY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE GENERALLY

SUBCHAPTER A. ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

 

Sec. 141.001.  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. 

(a)  To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a public elective office in this state, a person must:

(1)  be a United States citizen;

(2)  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;

(3)  have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:

(A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or

(B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;

(4)  have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;

(5)  have 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 a candidate whose name is to appear on a general primary election ballot, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;

(B)  for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;

(C)  for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in;

(D)  for a party nominee who is nominated by any method other than by primary election, the date the nomination is made; and

(E)  for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;

(6)  on the date described by Subdivision (5), be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected; and

(7)  satisfy any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.

 

 

School Board Trustee (Education Code, Chapter 11)

• Residence -- 1 year in state and 6 months in school district prior to filing deadline (Texas Elec. Code, Section 141.001(a); Brown v. Patterson, 609 SW 2nd 287)
• Age -- 18 years
• Must be a registered voter in territory elected from by the filing deadline*