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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="8-705" title_number="8" title_name="Special Programs for Exceptional Children" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Residential Boarding Education Programs for At-Risk Youth">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall govern a program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board consists of 25 members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the 25 members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>5 shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice of the State Superintendent and the advice and consent of the Senate; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>20 shall be selected in accordance with the charter and bylaws of the program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of the members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on July 1, 2006.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed or selected and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A member may not serve for more than 3 consecutive full terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner in which the vacating member was appointed or selected.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall determine its officers.</text>
  </level>
</section>
