GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	2 

SENATE BILL 238
Second Edition Engrossed 3/21/91

Short Title:  Indian Educ. Council Member Added.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Carpenter, Plexico; and Bryan.
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Referred to:  State Personnel and State Government.
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March 14, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADD A MEMBER TO THE STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INDIAN EDUCATION.
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 16 members, as follows:
(a)	Two legislative members (one senator appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and one representative appointed by the Speaker of the House);
(b)	Two Indian members from higher education to be appointed by the Board of Governors of the University system;
(c)	One Indian member from the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs to be appointed by that Commission;
(d)	Eight Indian parents of students enrolled in public schools and two 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;
(d1)	One representative of the Cherokee Central School System appointed by the State Board of Education from a list submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and
(e)	Indian members of the Council shall be broadly representative of North Carolina Indian tribes and organizations, specifically, the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Lumbee, Coharie, Waccamaw-Siouan, Haliwa Saponi, Meherrin, Person County Indians, Cumberland County Association for Indian People, the Guilford Native American Association, the Metrolina Native American Association, and any other Indian tribe gaining State recognition in the future."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 115C-210.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C-210.2.  Term of office.
The Legislative members, the higher education members, and the member from the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs shall serve for an unspecified term at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities.  The public school educators and the Indian parents shall each be divided into two classes, with one class being appointed initially for a term of one year and one class being appointed initially for a term of two years.  Assignment of initial appointees to classes shall be by lot conducted by the State Board of Education just prior to the initial appointment.  All subsequent terms shall be for a period of two years, and no member shall serve for more than two consecutive full terms.   The representative of the Cherokee Central School System shall serve for a term of two years."
Sec.  3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.