A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing two charter schools to merge and operate as a single charter school.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The boards of directors of the American Renaissance Middle School and the American Renaissance Charter School may consolidate the schools into a single charter school under a joint board of directors with a grade configuration of kindergarten through eighth grade.  All students enrolled in either school prior to the merger may remain in the newly consolidated school for the remainder of the 2006‑2007 school year. 
The newly consolidated school may continue to operate as a charter school pursuant to Part 6A of Article 16 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes under the charter of the American Renaissance Middle School.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.