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

Instead of amending Section 1 of SL 1987-193, as amended, so that the members of the Pitt County Board of Education (Board) are elected on a partisan basis under GS 163-291 at the time of the general election in even-numbered years as terms expire, to direct that Board members are to be nominated at the same time and in the same manner as other county officers, that they serve until their successors are elected and qualified, requiring members to take office on the first Monday in December after the election, and requiring the elections to be conducted in accordance with GS Chapters 115C and 163, incorporates those provisions into Section 4.  Also requires that Board members serve staggered terms. Makes technical changes. Make clarifying changes to Section 6. Removes references to the impact of the act on the term of office of any Board member elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in 2022. Changes the effective date of the act so that the entire act becomes effective the first Monday in December of 2026, and requires elections in 2026 and thereafter to be conducted accordingly.