Repeals SL 1987-55 under which elections to the Mitchell County Board of Education are nonpartisan.

Sets membership in the Mitchell County Board of Education to be by biennial partisan elections instead of nonpartisan election that generally applies to counties under GS 115C-37, beginning with elections held in 2024. Prescribes procedures for candidacy, taking office, term, and vacancy. Provides that terms of office of any member elected in 2020 or 2022 to the Mitchell County Board of Education are not affected by this act and those members and any member appointed to fill a vacancy for the remainder of an unexpired term for a member elected in 2020 or 2022 serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. Requires vacancies for positions elected in 2020 or 2022 to be filled by a person appointed by the remaining members of the Board, but beginning in 2024, vacancies elected on a partisan basis must be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the Board, in accordance with GS 115C-37.1 (Vacancies in offices of county boards elected on partisan basis), for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Amends GS 115C-37.1(d) by adding Mitchell County to the section prescribing procedures for filling vacancies to Board of Education positions filled through partisan elections. Effective December 1, 2024.