Trustee Elections

• Be a United States citizen.
• 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.
• Have 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.
• Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities.
• 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 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.
  • c. For an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made.
• Be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described at the item above

Texas Education Code Section 11.066 adds the additional requirement that 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 43.021 regarding solicitation of prostitution.