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PDF versionSECTION 1. Pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, § 49-2-201, beginning with the general election in August 2032, Cheatham County shall be divided into seven (7) school districts of substantially equal population, which shall be established by resolution of the county legislative body of Cheatham County. One (1) member of the Cheatham County board of education shall be elected by the qualified votes in each school district.
SECTION 2. During the transition from six (6) school districts to seven (7) school districts as provided for in this act, all incumbent board members shall remain on the board until the expiration of their current terms. After the approval of this act, one (1) new member to the board shall be elected in the general election of August 2032, and qualified according to law. In order to maintain a board with staggered four-year terms, the new member of the board shall be elected to a four-year term to fill the newly created office. Thereafter, board members shall be elected to four-year terms as the term of each respective board member expires.
SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of Cheatham County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified to the secretary of state.
SECTION 4. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective as provided in Section 3.
Passed: March 23, 2026.