Romulus Community Schools recall, Michigan (2023)
| Romulus Community Schools recall |
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| Officeholders |
Judy Kennard Debi Pyles |
| Recall status |
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| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2023 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall three of the seven members of the Romulus Community Schools Board of Education in Michigan did not go to a vote in 2023. The Wayne County Election Commission unanimously voted against the petition due to a lack of clarity at a hearing on July 25, 2023. Susan Evitts, Judy Kennard, and Debi Pyles were named in the recall petitions.[1][2]
The same three board members were also named in recall petitions in 2022. That effort also did not go to a vote. Click here to read more about that effort.
Recall supporters
Petition against Susan Evitts
The recall petition against Evitts included the following reason for recall:[3]
| “ | Ms. Evitts was absent from Board meetings for 5 months totaling over 11 absences equaling 5 monthes.[4] | ” |
Petition against Judy Kennard
The recall petition against Kennard included the following reason for recall:[3]
| “ | “Ms. Kennard was absent from Board Meetings for 5 months totaling 10 absences equalling 5 monlhs.[4] | ” |
Petition against Debi Pyles
The recall petition against Pyles included the following reason for recall:[3]
| “ | Ms. Pyles violated M.C.L. 18.1284 which regulates the Records Retention and Disposal Schedule for Michigan Public School Records. As President of Romulus Community School Board, Ms. Pyles ordered the shredding of records and disposed of them in the common dumpster instead of using a document Deslruction Service.[4] | ” |
Recall opponents
Ballotpedia did not identify a public response to the recall effort.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan
To get a recall on the ballot in Michigan, recall supporters must collect signatures equal in number to 25% of voters in the jurisdiction in the last gubernatorial election. They have 60 days between the collection of the first signature and the collection of the last signature on the petition. Recall petitions are eligible to collect signatures for 180 days.[5]
The recall petition was filed by Rita Hampton on July 13, 2023. The Wayne County Election Commission unanimously voted against the petition due to a lack of clarity at a hearing on July 25, 2023.[1][6]
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
- Romulus Community Schools, Michigan
- Romulus Community Schools recall, Michigan (2022)
- Recall campaigns in Michigan
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Detroit News, "Wayne County Election Commission rejects six recall petitions," July 25, 2023
- ↑ Romulus Community Schools, "Board of Education," accessed August 2, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wayne County Election Commission, "Minutes of Meeting JULY 25, 2023," accessed August 29, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Recall of Local Officials," accessed July 27, 2021
- ↑ Wayne County Election Commission, "Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Meeting Agenda," accessed August 2, 2023
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