GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 126

HOUSE BILL 422

 

AN ACT TO REDISTRICT THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND TO APPOINT TWO PERSONS TO THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY INTERIM BOARD OF EDUCATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 4B of A PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR THE MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TO ESTABLISH ONE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR ALL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, as approved under G.S. 115C- 67 (hereinafter referred to as "Plan") is repealed.

Sec. 1.1.  On or before June 15, 1985, the Cumberland County Interim Board of Education shall recommend to the General Assembly a proposed plan for the composition and manner of election of the Cumberland County Board of Education, which shall include some form of single-member districts.  The 1985 General Assembly may consider legislation to provide for the composition and election of the Cumberland County Board of Education. Effective July 1, 1985, the Fayetteville City School Administrative Unit and the Cumberland County School Administrative Unit are merged into the Cumberland County School Administrative Unit.

Sec. 2.  The first sentence of Section 5A of the Plan is rewritten to read:  "The Cumberland County Interim Board of Education shall be composed of Harry Miller, Leonza Loftin, five present members of the Cumberland County Board of Education and three present members of the Fayetteville City Board of Education."

Sec. 3.  The first sentence of Section 5C of the Plan is amended by deleting "The membership" and substituting "Except for persons appointed by the General Assembly, the membership".

Sec. 4.  Section 5C of the Plan is amended by adding the following at the end:  "In the event of a death, resignation, or removal from office of a person appointed by the General Assembly to the Cumberland County Interim Board of Education, the vacancy shall be filled by the Cumberland County Interim Board of Education before July 1, 1985, and by the Cumberland County Board of Education on or after that date."

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of April, 1985.