House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Amends the elections provisions governing the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education (Board) set forth in SL 1961-112, as amended, to implement staggered terms for members beginning in 2022 instead of 2024; makes conforming changes to the staggering of the seats by moving the specified dates up by two years. Specifies that Board members elected in 2018, or persons appointed to fill a vacancy of such a Board member, are to continue to serve their terms until a successor has been elected and qualified pursuant to the act.

Adds a new part providing as follows. Amends Section 7 of SL 1975-717, as amended, as follows. Provides that beginning in 2022, members of the Wake County Board of Education (Board) from Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, are to be elected by the nonpartisan plurality election method to a term to expire on the first Monday in December of 2025. Specifies that only the qualified voters of a district may vote in the election for a candidate in the district. Requires the Board, following the return of the 2020 census, to revise the electoral district boundaries established in 2011 as needed to correct for population imbalances; requires these districts to be used for elections beginning in 2022. Extends the terms of the four members of the Board who were elected in 2020 for two-year terms from Districts 1, 2, 7, and 9, or any member filling a vacancy for one of those seats for one year until the first Monday in December 2023. Makes conforming deletions. Effective January 1, 2023, amends Section 7 of SL 1975-717, again to require that the Board's nine members be elected by the nonpartisan election and runoff method in accordance with the specified laws. Provides that beginning in 2023 and quadrennially thereafter, elections are to be held for Districts 1, 2, 7, and 9; beginning in 2025 and quadrennially thereafter, elections are to be held for Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. Deletes provisions concerning deadlines for filing notice of candidacy. Makes other conforming changes and deletes what will be outdated language. Repeals Section 5 of SL 2013-110, which set out the specified nine Wake County districts. Provides that each member of the Board elected in 2020 from Districts 1, 2, 7, and 9, and elected in 2022 from Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, or any member appointed by the remaining members of the Board to fill a vacancy of any of these seats, will serve until a successor has been elected and qualified.

Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.