Boulder Valley Board of Education

Researcher's note: The elected board that governs the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD). Existing files cite the district as party:boulder-valley-school-district.

Legal basis

• C.R.S. 22-32-103 · governs · Board of education - general powers and duties source
• C.R.S. 22-31-105 · governs · School directors - number - election - term - plan of representation source
• C.R.S. 22-31-104 · governs · Regular biennial school election source
• C.R.S. 22-32-109 · governs · Board of education - specific duties source

Appointed by

electorate. Elected, not appointed: each director must live in the director district (A to G) they represent, but all seven are elected at large by the voters of the whole school district, so every BVSD voter in the City of Boulder votes for all seven. source source

How

Elected at the regular biennial school election, the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years; a director takes office within fifteen days after the district receives the official abstract of votes and serves until a successor is elected and qualified. · every two years (odd-numbered years) source source

Seats

7 source as of 2026-10-30

Seat types

• Director for one of seven director districts (A to G), resident of that district, elected by all district voters ×7 elected

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Term

4 years source

Term limit

Two terms (eight years total) source

Staggering

Staggered across the odd-year elections: four seats (Districts A, C, D, G) have terms expiring in 2027 and three (Districts B, E, F) in 2029. source

Powers

decision-making. Decides: governs the school district: all powers the law gives a board of education, including district policy, rules and regulations. To council: nothing binding; a separate government whose decisions affect city residents, so the city keeps up routine communication and collaboration with the district source source

Council liaison

not applicable: A separate elected government; City Council sends it no liaison. Council has at times kept a School Issues Committee to meet with BVSD representatives (see relations).

Staff liaison

not applicable: BVSD has its own administration (a superintendent and staff); no city department staffs its board.

Relations

• Boulder Valley Board of Education appoints Boulder Urban Renewal Authority (BURA) · BVSD appoints one BURA commissioner, who by statute must be an elected member of the board of education (as boulder-urban-renewal-authority.json records it) source source
• electorate appoints Boulder Valley Board of Education · elects: all seven directors are elected at large by the voters of the whole school district source
• Boulder Valley Board of Education joint with School Issues Committee · council's School Issues Committee meets periodically with BVSD representatives (city page, read 2026-10-30); the committee is not on council's 2021 or later assignment lists (school-issues-committee.json), and none was named in 2026 source