NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1188

SENATE BILL 832

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 115-44 AND G.S. 115-142(b) TO PROVIDE FOR CONTRACTS FROM ONE TO FOUR YEARS FOR ASSISTANT AND ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115-44 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs at the end:

"County and city boards of education may, upon the recommendation of the superintendent, elect assistant or associate superintendents for a term of from one to four years. The term may not, however, exceed the expiration date of the superintendent's contract, unless the remaining time of the superintendent's contract is less than one year. If there is less than one year remaining on the superintendent's contract, the assistant or associate superintendent shall be given a contract through the next school year.

The term of employment shall be stated in a written contract which shall be entered into between the board of education and the assistant or associate superintendent. The assistant or associate superintendent may not be dismissed during the term to which he is elected except for misconduct of such a nature as to indicate he is unfit to continue in his position, incompetence, neglect of duty, or failure or refusal to carry out validly assigned duties. All dismissals during the contract period shall follow the procedure set out for the dismissal of principals and teachers in G.S. 115-145."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 115-142(b) is hereby amended by adding on line 1 after the word "contracts" and before the word "now" the following words:

", except contracts with superintendents and assistant and associate superintendents,".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.