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Filed Senate: Drs25159-Lbx-157A

This bill proposes amending the North Carolina Constitution to simplify the management of public primary and secondary education. It would replace the current State Board of Education and elected Superintendent of Public Instruction position with a Secretary of Education appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the General Assembly. It would establish the Department of Education within the executive branch to oversee the public school system. The amendments would be put to voters for approval in the November 2014 general election. If approved, the changes would take effect on January 1, 2017, with terms of current State Board members extended until then.

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Filed Senate: Drs25159-Lbx-157A

This bill proposes amending the North Carolina Constitution to simplify the management of public primary and secondary education. It would replace the current State Board of Education and elected Superintendent of Public Instruction position with a Secretary of Education appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the General Assembly. It would establish the Department of Education within the executive branch to oversee the public school system. The amendments would be put to voters for approval in the November 2014 general election. If approved, the changes would take effect on January 1, 2017, with terms of current State Board members extended until then.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013
S D
SENATE DRS25159-LBx-157A (04/25)



Short Title: Education Simplification Amendment. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Tillman (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:

*DRS25159-LBx-157A*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA TO SIMPLIFY THE 2
MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION BY 3
PROVIDING FOR A SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO REPLACE THE CURRENT 4
SYSTEM OF A SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND, STATE 5
BOARD OF EDUCATION. 6
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
SECTION 1.(a) Section 4 of Article IX of the Constitution of North Carolina is 8
repealed. 9
SECTION 1.(b) Section 5 of Article IX of the Constitution of North Carolina reads 10
as rewritten: 11
"Sec. 5. Powers and duties of Board.Department of Education. 12
The State Board of Education There is established within the Executive Branch a 13
Department of Education which shall supervise and administer the free public school system 14
and the educational funds provided for its support, except the funds mentioned in Section 7 of 15
this Article, and shall make all needed rules and regulations in relation thereto, subject to laws 16
enacted by the General Assembly. The head of the Department of Education shall be appointed 17
by the Governor in accordance with law subject to confirmation by joint resolution of the 18
General Assembly. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the filling of temporary 19
vacancies in that position." 20
SECTION 1.(c) Section 7(1) of Article III of the Constitution of North Carolina 21
reads as rewritten: 22
"(1) Officers. A Secretary of State, an Auditor, a Treasurer, a Superintendent of Public 23
Instruction, an Attorney General, a Commissioner of Agriculture, a Commissioner of Labor, 24
and a Commissioner of Insurance shall be elected by the qualified voters of the State in 1972 25
and every four years thereafter, at the same time and places as members of the General 26
Assembly are elected. Their term of office shall be four years and shall commence on the first 27
day of January next after their election and continue until their successors are elected and 28
qualified." 29
SECTION 2.(a) The amendments set out in Section 1 of this act shall be submitted 30
to the qualified voters of the State at a statewide general election to be held on November 4, 31
2014, which the election shall be conducted under the laws then governing elections in the 32
State. Ballots, voting systems, or both may be used in accordance with Chapter 163 of the 33
General Statutes. The question to be used in the voting systems and ballots shall be: 34
"[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST 35
FILED SENATE
Jun 10, 2014
S.B. 880
PRINCIPAL CLERK
General Assembly of North Carolina Session 2013
Page 2 DRS25159-LBx-157A (04/25)
Constitutional amendment providing for a more efficient system of management of 1
public education by providing for a Department of Education, which shall be headed by a 2
person appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, and by 3
abolishing the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction." 4
SECTION 2.(b) If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the 5
amendments set out in Section 1 of this act, the State Board of Elections shall certify the 6
amendments to the Secretary of State, who shall enroll the amendments so certified among the 7
permanent records of that office. 8
SECTION 2.(c) If the amendments are approved by the qualified voters as 9
provided in this section: 10
(1) Section 1 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2017. 11
(2) The terms of all members of the State Board of Education that would expire 12
between certification of the amendment and December 31, 2016, are 13
extended until January 1, 2017. 14
(3) No election for Superintendent of Public Instruction shall take place in 2016. 15
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 16

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