Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Removes outdated language by repealing Sections 7 and 8 (providing for an interim Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education that sunsets on July 1, 1993) of SL 1991-391. Repeals Section 1 of SL 2006-87 (pertaining to runoff procedures, including absentee balloting process for Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education).

Removes statutory citations so now just specifies that Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education (Board) member elections will be conducted using the nonpartisan plurality basis (was, the nonpartisan method as provided in GS Chapter 115C and Chapter 163). Reduces the candidate filing time by approximately two weeks by changing the end-date of the filing period from noon on the first Friday in August to noon on the third Friday in July of the even-numbered year (filing period still opens on the first Friday in July at noon). 

Changes the date that persons elected to the Board take office from the second Monday in December following their election to the first Monday in December following their election. Changes the staggering of terms as follows: now members from Districts 1,3, and 4 (was, Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7) will be elected to four-year terms in 2024, and members from Districts 2, 5, 6 (was, Districts 2, 4, and 6) will be elected to a two-year term in 2024 and to four-year terms thereafter.

Makes technical and organizational changes. Makes conforming changes to the act’s long title.