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Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

1972

Law and Politics

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The Recall Election: Its Effect On The School District And Community In California, Chester C. Fields Aug 1972

The Recall Election: Its Effect On The School District And Community In California, Chester C. Fields

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem

The purposes of this study were (1) to review the history of school-district recall laws in California, (2) to enumerate the legal steps in the recall process, (3) to survey a school district where recall election had taken place, and (4) to present community feelings and effects.

Procedure

A search was made of all laws and official records pertaining to school trustees' recall elections in California. A questionnaire designed to elicit respondent attitudes and feelings was mailed to all who voted in the school district recall election of December 3rd, 1970. A preliminary number of questionnaires …