GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	2
SENATE BILL 394
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/19/01 

Short Title:	Revise Advisory Members of SBE.	()	
Sponsors:	     	
Referred to:	     	
March 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPOINT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS ADVISORY MEMBERS AND TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENT ADVISORS TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑11(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1)	Student  advisor. – The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint  one high school  student who  is enrolled in the public schools of North Carolina as  an advisor to the State Board of Education. The student  advisor shall participate in State Board deliberations in an advisory capacity only. The State Board may, in its discretion, exclude the student  advisor from executive sessions.
The Governor shall 
	
	 appoint a high school senior for a one-year term beginning June 15 of 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 shall appoint a student advisor for the remainder of the unexpired term. The student advisor shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138‑5."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑11 is amended by adding two new subsections 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 an advisor to the State Board of Education. Each State Principal of the Year shall begin service as an 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.
(a4)	Superintendent Advisor. – The Governor shall appoint a superintendent of a local school administrative unit as an advisor to the State Board of Education. The superintendent advisor shall serve for a term of one year. The superintendent advisor shall participate in State Board deliberations and committee meetings in an advisory capacity only. The State Board may, in its discretion, exclude the superintendent advisor from executive sessions.
In the event that a superintendent advisor ceases to be a superintendent in a local school administrative unit, the position of superintendent advisor shall be deemed vacant. In the event that a vacancy occurs in the position for whatever reason, the Governor shall appoint a superintendent advisor for the remainder of the unexpired term. The superintendent 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 3.  This act becomes effective June 15, 2001, and Section 1 applies to terms of high school student advisors beginning on or after that date.