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Filing for Candidacy

Filing Dates and Times:

Start Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024

End Date: Friday, February 16, 2024, @ 5:00 p.m.

Notice of Deadline to File an Application for Place on the Ballot
Click here for the Candidate Packet for a Place on the FSISD School Board Trustee General Election Ballot
Candidacy Filing - Local Political Divisions

Local Filers Non-Judicial Candidate/Officeholder
 

Requirements:

Form, Content, and Procedure: An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed, sworn to by the candidate before a person authorized to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the district's filing authority (often the superintendent's secretary or another designated district employee); and contain specified information about the candidate:

  •  the candidate's name, date of birth, and occupation;
  •  the candidate's residence address or the address at which the candidate receives mail with a description of the location of the candidate's residence;
  •  the candidate's length of continuous residence in Texas and in the district (and single-member district, if applicable) as of the date the candidate swears to the application;
  •  if available, a public mailing address and email address at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign;
  •  the office sought, including any place or other distinguishing number and an indication of whether the office sought is for a full or unexpired term;
  •  statements that the candidate is a U.S. citizen; has not been determined by a court to be mentally incapacitated; has not been convicted of a felony; is aware of the nepotism law, and swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. and Texas Constitutions and laws.


Eligibility: An individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a Texas school board if the individual (FAQ):

  •  is a United States citizen;
  •  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;
  •  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;
  •  has not been finally convicted of a felony;
  •  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:
  •  for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
  •  for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in; or
  •  for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
  • is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described above; and
  •  satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the Tex. Elec. Code§ 141.001;Tex. Educ. Code§ 11.066.


The Texas Education Code imposes additional requirements:

  •   To be elected to a school board, an individual must be a qualified voter: 18 years of age or older, a U.S. 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. Tex. Educ. Code§ 11.061;Tex. Elec. Code§ 11.002
  • A person is ineligible to serve on a school board if the person has been convicted of a felony or an offense under Texas Penal Code section 02(b) regarding prostitution. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066.