GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 303

Short Title:  Community Colleges Board/Absences.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Cochrane, Hoyle, and Carpenter.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education

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March 6, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AFTER UNEXCUSED ABSENCES FROM THREE CONSECUTIVE SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115D-2.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( i)	The State Board of Community Colleges may declare vacant the office of an appointed or elected member who does not attend three consecutive scheduled meetings without justifiable excuse.  The chairman of the State Board shall notify the appropriate appointing or electing authority of any vacancy."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification, and shall apply to absences occurring on or after that date.