The variety ranges from cases in which faculty elect some
members of the
board of trustees from among their number, to cases in which faculty as a group is formally charged with certain responsibilities (say,
nominating new faculty, or establishing policies governing the academic program of the school), to cases in which faculty effectively have neither responsibility,
authority, nor power in the school's polity.
(5) Despite subsection (4), none of the following persons is ineligible to be a candidate for or to be elected as a
member of a district school
board or school
authority if he or she takes an unpaid leave of absence, beginning no later than the day the person is
nominated and ending on voting day: