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Local school board elections would move from even-numbered years, when they currently coincide with state and federal races, to odd-numbered years, aligning them instead with municipal elections held each November. School board primary elections would shift to the municipal primary date in August of odd-numbered years, and candidates would file their declarations of candidacy during the same filing period used for municipal candidates, beginning June 1 of those years. The bill also allows local school district boards to cancel uncontested school board races through a formal resolution process, similar to rules already in place for municipalities and special districts, and updates related definitions and ballot-ordering rules to reflect the new timing. To manage the shift from even-year to odd-year elections, the bill would extend the terms of currently serving school board members by one year for those whose terms were set to expire in transition years.