David Brandt recall, Kearney Public Schools, Nebraska (2023)
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An effort to recall David Brandt from his position on the Kearney Public Schools Board of Education in Nebraska did not go to a vote in 2023. Recall supporters did not submit signatures by the deadline on May 12, 2023.[1]
The recall effort began in March 2023. The recall petition was filed after the board voted to pass a policy on March 6, 2023, to look at transgender student athlete participation in middle school and high school sports. Brandt voted against the policy after being absent for part of the meeting.[2]
Brandt was elected to a four-year term on the six-member board in 2020.[3]
Recall supporters
The recall petition was filed by James Clark, vice chairman of the Buffalo County Republican Party.[2] The recall petition said:[4]
| “ | During the March 6, 2023, KPS Board of Education meeting, David Brandt left the meeting during the public comment period, missing much of the commentary and returned to cast a vote on the very topic discussed by more than 45 speakers. Such action reveals contempt for the stakeholders Mr. Brandt was elected to represent. These actions are unacceptable and warrant removal.[5] | ” |
Recall opponents
Brandt said he left the school board meeting to attend his son's orchestra concert. “When we moved the meeting day, we happen to move it on top of his orchestra concert,” Brandt said. “School board meeting starts at 5:30 p.m., his concert was at 7:30 p.m., at about 7:15 p.m., I stepped out to go to my son’s concert. When the concert was done, I came back and joined the meeting again.”[4]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Nebraska
Supporters had 30 days to collect 2,227 signatures. If the signatures had been submitted, the Buffalo County Election Commission would have had 15 business days to verify the signatures.[2]
2023 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 48 school board recall efforts against 97 board members in 2023. Sixteen of those board members faced recall elections. The recall elections were held on January 10, 2023, August 1, 2023, August 8, 2023, August 29, 2023, November 7, 2023, and December 12, 2023. The school board recall success rate was 13.4%.
The chart below details the status of 2023 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Kearney Public Schools, Nebraska
- Recall campaigns in Nebraska
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
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Footnotes
- ↑ Kearney Hub, "Dave Brandt won't face recall vote for KPS Board of Education," May 15, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nebraska TN News, "Recall petition filed against Kearney Public Schools board member," March 21, 2023
- ↑ Kearney Public Schools, "Board Members," accessed March 30, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nebraska TN News, "KPS board member tells why he missed an hour of a board meeting following recall petition," March 22, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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