Bill Summary for S 248 (2023-2024)

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Mar 8 2023
S.L. 2023-37

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 248 (Local) Filed Wednesday, March 8, 2023
AN ACT TO DECREASE THE SIZE OF THE NASH BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SEVEN MEMBERS; TO ALIGN THE DISTRICTS FOR THE NASH BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH THE DISTRICTS OF NASH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NASH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TO BE IDENTICAL TO THE BOUNDARIES OF NASH COUNTY EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024; AND TO PROVIDE FOR PARTISAN ELECTIONS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CATAWBA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, HICKORY CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND NEWTON-CONOVER CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Intro. by Barnes, B. Newton.

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Repeals Sections 9, 10, and 11 of SL 1991-391 (pertaining to districts to be used for elections of the Interim Board and for the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education (Board); elections of the Board pertaining to 1992; and providing for nonpartisan elections every two years from 1994 and onwards). Repeals Section 7(3) of SL 2016-14 (requiring before July 1 of the following calendar year, the boards of the school administrative units of Nash and Edgecombe to revise the electoral districts for the respective boards to reflect the boundaries of each school administrative unit as of July 1, when upon failure to provide the required funding pertaining to the Nash-Rocky Mount School Administrative District).

Beginning in 2024, the Board will consist of seven members elected from each district used to elect county commissioners for staggered four-year terms of office on a nonpartisan basis as provided in GS Chapter 115C and Chapter 163, with the results determined in accordance with GS 163-292. Provides for a filing period time. Specifies that persons elected to the Board will take office on the second Monday in December following their election, and the terms of their office will date and extend from that time. Requires a person to be a qualified voter and resident of the district from which the person seeks to be elected in order to file for candidacy/be elected to the Board.  Specifies that candidates will be voted on by the electors residing in the district from which they seek election. All members of the Board will be elected in 2024. In order to implement staggered terms, for elections held in 2024, members from Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 will be elected to four-year terms and members from Districts 2, 4, and 6 will be elected to a two-year term and to four-year terms thereafter.

Specifies that all members residing in Nash County who were elected to the Board in 2022 will continue to hold at-large positions on the Board until the end of their term or a vacancy occurs due to resignation or other causes.  

Applies to elections held beginning in 2024.