PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 2 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
§12-203. Terms of Board Members.
The terms of appointed members of the Board of Education
shall be four years, commencing on May 1 of the year a Mayor's term of
office begins. If the General Assembly enacts legislation permitting the
election of members of the Board on a non-partisan basis, then (1) the terms of
elected members of the Board of Education shall begin on the first Monday in
December and shall be six years except that of the first members elected, three
shall be elected for terms of two years, three for terms of four years, and
three for terms of six years, and (2) the terms of all members shall expire on
the first Monday of December immediately following the municipal election at
which the first elective Board is elected.