AN ACT to repeal the law allowing the state board of education to remove local school board members.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑39 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑39.  Suspension of duties by State Board.
	(b)	In the event the State Board of Education has appointed an interim superintendent under G.S. 115C‑105.39 and the State Board determines that the local board of education has failed to cooperate with the interim superintendent, the State Board shall have the authority to suspend any of the powers and duties of the local board and to act on its behalf under G.S. 115C‑105.39."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of July, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 12:49 p.m. this 30th day of August, 2007