Well, probably. Maybe. If that makes sense.
The charter states that “no member of the Commission or any
other public official or employee of the Board of Education shall be eligible
for appointment or election to the Board of Education.”
HOWEVER, state law might trump the ol’ charter, according to
Mark Goins, state coordinator of elections, and Elizabeth Henry-Robertson,
assistant coordinator of elections.
They issued an opinion back in late 2011 on a similar
matter. You can read it right smack here.
If, not, well, I’ll try to explain. Essentially, if you’re a
teacher you can run for a school board seat and the Knox County Elections
Office will put your name on the ballot.
Having said that, it doesn’t mean an opponent won’t take
issue and file a lawsuit, which would then get the courts involved. Now the
courts will probably take the Goins’ letter into consideration, but it’s
certainly not the be-all-end-all.
So, at this point, the letter tells local election folks
what they should do, but the legal issue could certainly continue.
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