A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for two additional members of the advisory council on indian education and to broadly include state indian tribes and communities in the membership.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑210.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑210.1.  Membership – How appointed.
The Council shall consist of  17 members, as follows:
(1)	Two legislative members (one senator appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and one representative appointed by the Speaker of the House);
(2)	Two Indian members from higher education to be appointed by the Board of Governors of the University system;
(3)	One Indian member from the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs to be appointed by that Commission;
(4)	 Nine Indian parents of students enrolled in public schools and three Indian educators from public elementary/secondary schools to be appointed by the State Board of Education from a list submitted by the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs;
(5)	Indian members of the Council shall be broadly representative of North Carolina Indian tribes and communities, and shall be selected from the tribal or community groups designated for the Indian members of the North Carolina State Commission on Indian Affairs, pursuant to G.S. 143B‑407(a)."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2009.