GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 975
AN ACT TO REMOVE ARCHAIC REFERENCES TO SCHOOL COMMITTEES FROM CHAPTER 115C OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AND CHANGING THE PERCENTAGE OF QUALIFIED VOTERS WHO MAY PETITION FOR ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Article 6 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by changing the title of Article 6 from "School Committees" to "Advisory Councils"; by repealing G.S. 115C-54 and 115C-56 through 115C-59; by rewriting the catch line of G.S. 115C-55 to read "Advisory Councils"; by repealing the first paragraph of G.S. 115C-55 and deleting the word "county" from the first sentence of the existing second paragraph of G.S. 115C-55.
Sec. 2. G.S. 115C-5(d) is rewritten to read:
"(d) The term 'school district' means any district defined by G.S. 115C-69."
Sec. 3. G.S. 115C-47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(30) To Appoint Advisory Councils. Local boards of education are authorized to appoint advisory councils as provided in G.S. 115C-55."
Sec. 4. G.S. 115C-288(d) is amended by rewriting the first sentence of the third paragraph to read as follows:
"It shall be the duty of the principal to file two copies of a written report once each month during the regular school session with the superintendent of his local school administrative unit, one copy of which shall be transmitted by the superintendent to the chairman of the local board of education."
Sec. 5. G.S. 115C-299(b) is rewritten to read as follows:
"No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right to receive credentials from the State Board of Education, to receive training for the purpose of becoming a teacher, or to engage in practice teaching in any school on the grounds that such person is totally or partially blind; nor shall any local board of education refuse to employ such a person on such grounds."
Sec. 6. G.S. 115C-302(c) is amended by rewriting the first proviso of the second paragraph to read as follows:
"Provided, that a board of education may authorize the superintendent to supplement the salaries of all teachers from local funds, and the minutes of the board shall show what increase is allowed each teacher:".
Sec. 7. G.S. 115C-503 is amended by deleting the second and third paragraphs and substituting:
"A majority of the qualified voters who have resided for the preceding 12 months in an area which is adjacent to a city administrative unit may petition the county board of education for an election on the question of annexing such area to the city administrative unit. For any of the other purposes enumerated in G.S. 115C-501, twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified voters who reside in a local school administrative unit may petition the local board of education for an election."
Sec. 8. G.S. 115C-510 is amended by rewriting the second and third sentences of the second paragraph to read:
"In districts already created or proposed to be created, the petition must be signed by fifteen percent (15%) of the registered voters who reside in the area."
Sec. 9. G.S. 115C-29(b)(3) is amended by deleting from the second sentence the words "by districts".
Sec. 10. G.S. 115C-37(g) is amended by deleting from the proviso in the first paragraph the words "or appointed to a district committee by that board of education."
Sec. 11. G.S. 115C-47(16) is amended by deleting from the catch line the words "or Committeeman" and by deleting from the text the words and figures "or a committeeman" and "115C-59 and".
Sec. 12. G.S. 115C-69(2) is amended by deleting the word "county" before the words "local board of education."
Sec. 13. G.S. 115C-73 is amended by deleting from the first proviso the words "or the committee of such tax district, as the case may be".
Sec. 14. G.S. 115C-84(b) is amended by deleting from the second sentence the words "or district".
Sec. 15. G.S. 115C-272(b), 115C-285(a), 115C-302(a), and 115C-316(a) are each amended by deleting from the second sentence of each the words "or school district".
Sec. 16. G.S. 115C-284(e), 115C-295(b), and 115C-315(f) are each amended by deleting from each the words, "or school committee".
Sec. 17. G.S. 115C-276(g) is amended by deleting from the second sentence the words and punctuation "the school committees,".
Sec. 18. G.S. 115C-276(j) is amended in the first paragraph by deleting all the words after "It" through and including "without a school committee it", and by deleting the word "county" before the word "superintendent" and before the word "administrative".
Sec. 19. G.S. 115C-303(a) is amended by deleting from the second sentence the words "or special taxing district".
Sec. 20. G.S. 115C-323 is amended by deleting from the first sentence of the first paragraph the words "district principals, building".
Sec. 21. G.S. 115C-390 is amended by deleting from the second sentence the words "or district committee".
Sec. 22. G.S. 115C-518(a) is amended by deleting from the sixth sentence the words "district or".
Sec. 23. G.S. 115C-524(b) is amended by deleting from the second sentence of the first paragraph the word "committeemen,".
Sec. 24. The following sections or portions of sections are repealed:
G.S. 115C-12(2);
G.S. 115C-40, second paragraph;
G.S. 115C-70;
G.S. 115C-246(d);
G.S. 115C-276(j), second paragraph;
G.S. 115C-302(c), second proviso of second paragraph;
G.S. 115C-461, second paragraph;
G.S. 115C-505, last paragraph; and
G.S. 115C-510, paragraphs 7, 8, and 12.
Sec. 25. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to abolish or in any manner affect any supplemental tax or any local taxing district.
Sec. 26. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of July, 1986.