NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 446

HOUSE BILL 1125

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 115-39 TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERM AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL BE STATED IN A WRITTEN CONTRACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115-39 is amended by rewriting the last two sentences in the first paragraph as follows:

"The term and conditions of employment shall be stated in a written contract which shall be entered into between the board of education and the superintendent. A copy of the contract shall be filed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction before any person is eligible for this office. A certification to the county board of education by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction showing that the person proposed for the office of county superintendent of schools holds a superintendent's certificate and has had three years' experience in school work in the past ten years, together with a doctor's certificate showing the person to be free from any contagious or communicable disease, shall make any person eligible for this office: Provided, the requirement of a superintendent's certificate shall not be applicable to persons now serving as superintendents. Immediately after the election, the chairman of the county board of education shall report the name and address of the person elected to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of May, 1973.