Why Should Delaware Care? Earlier this year, lawmakers passed a bill that required school board members to live within their district’s footprint for at least 75% of a given year. Gov. Matt Meyer then signed it into law. On Wednesday, the Christina Board of Education cited the new rules when declaring a vacancy in one of its seat.
Naveed Baqir, the Christina school board member who has represented a Newark-area district from a residence in Pakistan, is no longer in the elected position.
With a 4-2-1 vote on Wednesday, Christina Board of Education members declared Baqir’s seat vacant on the claim that he has not lived in his district – or Delaware – for over a year…