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School Boards and School Board Elections
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School district spotlights
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School district headlines
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- More than 12 percentage point spike in contested November school board elections compared to 2016, Nov 10, 2017
- Control, funding, and policy at stake: outcomes of November 2017's top school board elections, Nov 08, 2017
- St. Joseph community debates school district culture change on eve of Proposition 1 vote, Nov 06, 2017
- Major St. Joseph businesses provide support for school tax levy increase, opponents criticize tax abatements, Nov 03, 2017
2017 school board elections by state
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Quick facts: 2017 school board elections
Ballotpedia covers school board elections in 475 school districts. This includes all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population and the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment. Ballotpedia also covers all school board recalls in the United States.
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School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracks school board recall efforts across all fifty states. Just over 30 percent of the school board recall efforts covered by Ballotpedia have reached the ballot, and 18.6 percent of targeted school board members have been removed from office.
