A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for the election of members of the caswell county board of education at the time of the general election and to change the method of election of members of the caswell county board of education to the nonpartisan plurality method.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Chapter 1016 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
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"Sec. 11.  Members of the Board of Education shall be elected to four‑year staggered terms.
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"Sec. 14.  Chapter 979, Session Laws of 1973 is repealed.
"Sec. 15.  The Caswell County Board of Education shall be elected using the nonpartisan plurality method with the results determined as provided in G.S. 163‑292 at the time of the general election and biennially thereafter. The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot without reference to any party affiliation. Members elected to the Caswell County Board of Education shall take office at the first board meeting in December following the election.
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SECTION 1.(b)  The term of any member elected to the Caswell County Board of Education in 2022 or 2024 or any member appointed to fill a vacancy for the remainder of an unexpired term for a member elected in 2022 or 2024 shall continue until their replacement is elected and qualified.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held in 2026 and thereafter.