GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 404

Short Title:  Rowan School Merger Delayed.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representative Ligon.
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Referred to:  Government.
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February 28, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DELAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE MERGER OF THE SALISBURY CITY AND ROWAN COUNTY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS SO AS TO ALLOW A NEWLY ELECTED BOARD TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOLS AFTER MERGER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  A PLAN FOR MERGER OF THE ROWAN COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THE SALISBURY CITY SCHOOLS, as approved by the State Board of Education on December 3, 1987, and filed with the Secretary of State in accordance with G.S. 115C-67 on December 21, 1987, and as amended by Chapter 890, Session Laws of 1987, is amended as provided in Section 2 of this act.
Sec. 2.  A PLAN FOR MERGER OF THE ROWAN COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THE SALISBURY CITY SCHOOLS is amended by delaying the effective date of the merger of the Salisbury City School Administrative Unit and the Rowan County School Administrative Unit from July 1, 1989, to July 1, 1991.  Article I.B. is amended by deleting "July 1, 1989", and substituting "July 1, 1991". Article IV.D. is amended by changing "July 1, 1989", to "July 1, 1991".
Sec. 3. Nothing in the Plan of Merger prevents the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education after it takes office on the first Monday in December of 1990 from establishing and altering attendance zones as is provided by general law.
Sec. 4. From July 1, 1989, through the first Monday in December of 1990, the Interim Board of Education shall be ex officio the Board of Education of the Salisbury City School Administrative Unit and the Rowan County School Administrative Unit.  From the first Monday in December of 1990 through June 30, 1991, the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education elected under A PLAN FOR MERGER OF THE ROWAN COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THE SALISBURY CITY SCHOOLS shall be ex officio the Board of Education of the Salisbury City School Administrative Unit and the Rowan County School Administrative Unit.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.