GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 394
     

 
Short Title:	Principal of the Year/Advisor to Educ. Bd.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Miller.	
Referred to:	Education/Higher Education.	
March 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appoint the state principal of the year to the state board of education as an advisory member.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C-11 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a3)	State Principal of the Year Advisor. – Each State Principal 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 Principal of the Year shall begin service as advisory member to the State Board at the commencement of the principal's term as State Principal of the Year and shall serve for one year. The State Principal 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 Principal of the Year from executive sessions.
In the event a vacancy occurs in the State Principal of the Year's advisory position, the principal who was next runner-up to that State Principal of the Year shall serve as the advisory member to the Board for the remainder of the unexpired term. The State Principal of the Year advisor to the State Board shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138-5."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.