Bill Summary for H 324 (2015-2016)
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AN ACT TO REQUIRE ALL ELECTED LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO BE ELECTED ON A PARTISAN BASIS WITH VACANCIES IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARDS FILLED UPON RECOMMENDATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NOMINATING POLITICAL PARTY.Intro. by Cleveland, Lambeth, Conrad, Shepard.
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Bill summary
House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Amends GS 115C-37(a), deleting certain proposed changes from the previous edition, now providing that county boards of education will be elected biennially in even-numbered years (previously subsection stated elections would be biennially on a partisan basis at the general election).
Enacts GS 115C-37(a1) providing that city and county boards of education are to be elected on a partisan basis. Provides that these provisions cannot be superseded by any local act or ordinance.
Provides that any local act or merger agreement providing for election of a local board of education in an odd-numbered year that is enacted or approved before the act's effective date remains in effect, but partisan elections must begin in 2017.
Makes technical, conforming, and clarifying changes.