Voters across the River Parishes have approved a measure imposing term limits on local school board members.

The bill, which appeared on the ballots in St. John the Baptist, St. James and St. Charles parishes, states that beginning with elections next year, members of local school boards can be elected to a maximum of three consecutive terms. Although the measure appeared on theballot in many parishes I the state, its effects were localized, with only the votes within a particular parish determining the fate of that parish’s school board.

In St. John Parish, more than 79 percent of voters favored the measure. Only a slightly smaller margin of voters favored the measure in St. James Parish, where more than 75 percent checked “yes.” Meanwhile, more than 80 percent of St. Charles Parish voters favored the measure.