(a) The intermediate unit board of directors shall be composed of thirteen members except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, chosen for terms of three years from among members of the boards of school directors of school districts comprising the intermediate unit. An intermediate unit director may succeed himself without limitation as to the number of terms. Where there are fewer than thirteen school districts within an intermediate unit, there shall be one school director from each school district elected to the intermediate unit board of directors, but any such intermediate unit board of directors may elect one additional at-large member. When there are more than thirteen districts in an intermediate unit each district, as far as practicable, may have one member on the unit board, up to a maximum of twenty-two members. The election of intermediate unit boards of directors shall be by proportionate ballot, and each school director of each school district within an intermediate unit shall be entitled to cast votes determined by dividing the weighted average daily membership of the school district by the total weighted average daily membership within the intermediate unit, multiplying the quotient so obtained by one thousand, dividing the product so obtained by the number of directors as provided for above, and rounding such dividend to the nearest whole number: Provided, however, That each school director shall have at least one vote. The Secretary of Education shall annually, not later than the first day of February, certify the weighted average daily membership for the previous school year for each school district and for each intermediate unit, and shall compute the number of votes to which each school director of each school district within an intermediate unit shall be entitled.

(b) Except for the initial election, directors shall be elected annually between February 1 and June 30 by convention or by mail ballot of the school directors of the school districts comprising an intermediate unit as follows: five every third year, four each other year. An intermediate unit board choosing to elect members by mail ballot shall notify the secretary of the board of directors of each school district comprising the intermediate unit annually prior to January 1. The act of July 19, 1974 (P.L. 486, No. 175), referred to as the Public Agency Open Meeting Law¹ shall not apply to the election of members by mail ballot. Each intermediate unit board of directors may organize annually in June provided the annual election of directors has taken place; in all other cases such boards shall organize in July.

(c) The initial election of directors shall be held between the effective date of this act and January 15, 1971; and thirteen directors shall be elected for terms to begin on January 15, 1971, to expire for four directors on June 30, 1972, for four directors on June 30, 1973 and for five directors on June 30, 1974. From the date of election to July 1, 1971 the directors elected initially shall serve as intermediate unit planning committees to plan for the operations of intermediate units commencing July 1, 1971.

(d) Vacancies on an intermediate unit board of directors shall be filled by appointment by majority vote of the remaining intermediate unit directors. A director so appointed shall serve until the annual election, at which time a director shall be elected to serve the unexpired portion of the term. An intermediate unit director elected to fill a vacancy may succeed himself without limitations as to the number of terms. Vacancies shall occur upon the death, resignation, or removal of an intermediate unit director, or when he no longer holds office as a school director. In the event vacancies exist or occur in the membership of all of the members of an intermediate unit board of directors, a special convention, called by the Secretary of Education, shall be held of school directors of the school districts comprising the intermediate unit for the purpose of electing directors to fill the vacancies.

(e) Any member of an intermediate unit board of directors may be removed in the same manner and for the same cause as provided by law for removal of members of boards of school directors.

(f) Elections of intermediate unit directors and the organization of intermediate unit boards of directors shall be conducted in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board of Education.

(g) In the case of an intermediate unit comprised of a single school district, the board of education of the school district shall be the intermediate unit board of directors.

(h) To stand for election to an intermediate unit board of directors, in accordance with this section and section 911-A,² or to stand for appointment to fill a vacancy on an intermediate unit board of directors, in accordance with this section. A director from a member district shall first be nominated by a majority vote of the board of directors of that member district and a record of such vote shall become part of the minutes of said district which record of the vote shall be transmitted to the intermediate unit prior to such election or appointment. A person properly elected or appointed, in accordance with this section and section 911-A, shall be seated as a member of the intermediate unit board of directors.