Draw up a petition stating your justification for the recall, such as failure to meet adequate yearly progress or failure to manage public school funds in an ethical manner. Provide sufficient detail to support the claim or claims.
Collect signatures with full names and mailing addresses of residents of the school district. Local governments have different requirements as to the number of signatures needed and it can sometimes be a percentage of the district population. Contact the board of elections for the county in which the school district is located for names and addresses of residents.
Serve the board member with a notice of intent to recall. It must be personally served, with the subject taking physical possession of it.
Publish the notice of intent to recall in a local newspaper in the school district in which the board member serves.
File a proof of publication or an affidavit with the county clerk's office to confirm the publication of the notice of intent to recall, along with a copy of the petition. The board member typically has seven days to respond.
Once the petition is examined for validity and accepted by election officials, a certificate of suffiency, or something similar, will be awarded. At this point the recall may be put to a vote. Local officials will determine whether a special election should be held or if a general election is close enough for it be placed on the ballot.