N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-11 Organization and Internal Procedures of Board

• Library: North Carolina Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Session Law 2023-151
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-11

(a) Presiding Officer. - The State Board of Education shall elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Per diem and expenses of the appointive members of the Board shall be provided by the General Assembly. The chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board. In the absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman shall preside; in the absence of both the chairman and the vice-chairman, the Board shall name one of its own members as chairman pro tempore.

(a1) Student advisors. - The [Governor] Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby authorized to appoint two high school students who are enrolled in the public schools of North Carolina as advisors to the State Board of Education. The student advisors shall participate in State Board deliberations in an advisory capacity only. The State Board may, in its discretion, exclude the student advisors from executive sessions.

[The Governor shall make initial appointments of student advisors to the State Board as follows:]

[(1)] [One high school junior shall be appointed for a two-year term beginning September 1, 1986, and expiring June 14, 1988; and]

[(2)] [One high school senior shall be appointed for a one-year term beginning September 1, 1986, and expiring June 14, 1987. When an initial or subsequent term expires, the Governor]The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall [appoint a] stagger the appointments of the two student advisors so that a high school junior [for] is serving in the first year of a two-year term and a high school senior is serving in the second year of a two-year term simultaneously. The appointment of a high school junior shall be made beginning June 15 of [that] each year. If a student advisor is no longer enrolled in the public schools of North Carolina or if a vacancy otherwise occurs, the [Governor] Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint a student advisor for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Student advisors shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S.138-5.

(a2) State Teacher of the Year Advisor. - Each State Teacher of the Year, as designated by the Department of Public Instruction, shall serve ex officio as advisor to the State Board of Education. Each State Teacher of the Year shall begin service as advisory member to the State Board at the commencement of the teacher's term as State Teacher of the Year and shall serve for two years. The State Teachers of the Year shall participate in State Board deliberations and committee meetings in an advisory capacity only. The State Board may, in its discretion, exclude the State Teachers of the Year from executive sessions.