GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-174
AN ACT to permit an individual who has leadership, management, and administrative ability in a field other than education to serve as a local superintendent of schools.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-271(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) It is the policy of
the State that each local board of education has the sole discretion to elect a
superintendent of schools. However, the State Board shall adopt rules that
establish the qualifications for election. At a minimum, each superintendent
shall have been a principal in a North Carolina public school or shall have equivalent
experience. other leadership, management, and administrative experience.
In addition, the State Board may establish other shall adopt rules
that include minimum credentials, educational prerequisites, and relevant
experience requirements. requirements that would qualify a
person to serve as a superintendent without having direct experience or
certification as an educator. It is the duty of each local board to
elect a superintendent who is qualified. If a local board elects a superintendent
who is not qualified or who cannot qualify under this section, then the
election and contract are null and void, and the board shall elect a person who
is qualified."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2001, and applies to superintendents elected after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of May, 2001.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 9:02 a.m. this 7th day of June, 2001