NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 127

HOUSE BILL 379

 

 

AN ACT TO APPOINT MEMBERS AND CONSTITUTE A BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTER ALL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY FOR AN INTERIM PERIOD OF TIME AND UNTIL THE REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION TAKES OVER ITS DUTIES AS PROVIDED BY LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 7 of Chapter 775 of the Session Laws of 1961 is hereby amended by rewriting said Section 7 so that same shall hereafter read as follows:

"Sec. 7. That Dr. Sam Daniel, Dr. William Tarry, H. L. O'Brien, W. W Whitfield, Hugh Currin, C. Hesley Clark, and Wallace Brummitt be and they are hereby appointed to and shall constitute the Board of Education of Granville County. The said board of education shall begin the performance of its duties on April 1, 1963, and each member of the said board shall take the oath of office on April 1, 1963. The term of office of each member of said board of education, as herein constituted, shall expire on June 30, 1963, it being the purpose of this Section to provide for an interim board of education to administer all functions of all of the public schools of Granville County, including all schools of the Oxford City Board of Education, until the regular board of education and its members take office on July 1, 1963. The Board of Education of Granville County, as by this Section constituted, is hereby vested with certain powers and duties as follows:

"(a)     For the fiscal year ending July 1, 1963, the said board shall determine the amount and contents of the supplemental budget requested for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1963, and shall give the Board of Commissioners of Granville County due notice thereof in time to include said tax with all other taxes to be levied by said board of commissioners for the year of 1963.

"(b)     The board shall prepare and submit to the said board of commissioners the capital outlay, debt service, and current expense budgets for the fiscal year of 1963 according to and within the time prescribed by law.

"(c)     The Board of Commissioners of Granville County may approve or disapprove the supplemental budget in whole or in part and shall levy such taxes as necessary to provide for the approved budget for supplemental purposes, not exceeding the amount of the tax levy authorized by the vote of the people. The expenditure of the proceeds of said levy shall be in accordance with the aforesaid supplemental budget as approved by the Board of Commissioners of Granville County. In the event of a disagreement between the Board of Education of Granville County, as herein constituted, and the Board of Commissioners of Granville County as to the amount of the supplemental tax levy, to be made, or as to any other items of the budget, such disagreement shall be resolved as provided by G. S. 115-87 and G. S. 115-88.

"(d)     The said Board of Education of Granville County, as herein constituted by the Section, is authorized and empowered to employ a superintendent of schools, and any assistant or associate superintendent that the board may in its discretion deem necessary, including the authority to enter into and execute any and all lawful contracts for said purpose. The Board of Education of Granville County, as herein constituted, is authorized and directed to employ all necessary teachers, principals, and any and all necessary teaching or educational personnel, as well as all other necessary employees, janitors, maids, and any agents, employees, or personnel of any kind or nature that may be necessary for the operation of all of the public schools of Granville County. The said board of education shall make any and all necessary assignment of pupils as may be required by and according to the public schools laws. The said board of education, as herein organized, shall operate and administer all of the public schools of Granville County, including the public schools heretofore operated by the Oxford City Board of Education. The said board of education, as herein organized and constituted, shall exercise, have the authority, and perform the duties of county and city boards of education as set forth in Chapter 115 of the General Statutes as amended.

"(e)     On March 31, 1963, all powers, authority and duties of the present Board of Education of Granville County (Granville County Administrative Unit), and all powers, authority and duties of the present Oxford City Board of Education (Oxford City Administrative Unit) shall cease to exist. Any and all powers, authority and duties of the present Board of Education of Granville County and the present Oxford City Board of Education, acting jointly, shall cease to exist on said date of March 31, 1963. The terms of office of all members of the present Board of Education of Granville County, and of all of the members of the Oxford City Board of Education, shall terminate on March 31, 1963, and said members shall no longer hold office or perform any official, educational functions of the public schools, and all of the powers and duties of said present boards, whether acting singly or jointly, shall as of April 1, 1963, be and the same are hereby transferred to the Board of Education of Granville County as herein constituted and organized.

"(f)      The presence of four (4) members at any meeting of the Board of Education of Granville County, as herein constituted and organized, shall constitute a quorum."

Sec. 2. Except as herein provided, all of the provisions of Chapter 775 of the Session Laws of 1961 shall remain in full force and effect.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of March, 1963.