NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 260

SENATE BILL 298

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 385, SESSION LAWS, 1949, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SCHOOLS OF THE GREENSBORO CITY ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT AND THE GOVERNING BODY THEREOF.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  The amendments set out in this Act all relate to portions of Section 4 of Chapter 385, Session Laws, 1949, which section includes "The Greensboro Public School Code" as enacted by the General Assembly at its 1949 Session.

Sec. 2. Chapter 385, Session Laws, 1949, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows:

(1)       Section 4.3 as set out in Section 4. of Chapter 385, is amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 4.3. Election of associate and assistant superintendents; no oath required. Upon nomination by the superintendent of schools, the board shall elect one or more associate or assistant city superintendents of schools and may designate the title of each such associate or assistant superintendent. Each such associate or assistant superintendent shall be elected to serve for a term of two or four years as the board may determine; provided, however, that if such term would extend beyond June 30 of the year during which the end of the two-year or four-year term would occur, the term may either be decreased or increased so that it will end on June 30 of such year as may be determined by the board. Such associate or assistant superintendents are not intended to be officers within the constitutional meaning of that term, and it shall not be necessary for any of them to take any oath of office."

(2)       Sec. 4, as set out in Section 4 of Chapter 385, is amended by adding next after Section 4.5 of Article 4, the following:

"Sec. 4.7. Appointment of assistant principals. Upon nomination by the city superintendent of schools, the board may appoint one or more assistant principals for any school or schools in the administrative unit and may define, or may authorize the city superintendent of schools to define, their powers and duties."

(3)       Sec. 4.3, as set out in Section 4 of Chapter 385, is amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 4.3. Election of treasurer and assistant treasurer. Upon nomination of the city superintendent of schools, the board shall elect a treasurer and assistant treasurer, and shall define, or authorize the city superintendent of schools to define, the powers and duties of the treasurer and assistant treasurer."

(4)       Sec. 4.5, as set out in Section 4 of Chapter 385, is amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 4.5. Authority to employ persons other than those elected by the board and to define their powers and duties; delegation of authority. With the exception of those employees whose election by the board is required, the city superintendent of schools is authorized to employ all such persons as may be necessary for the proper operation of the schools, to define their duties and powers, and to fix their compensation within such limits as may be prescribed by the board. The city superintendent of schools is authorized to delegate such authority hereinbefore in this Section conferred upon him to such other employee or employees of the board as he may deem proper."

(5)       Sec. 7.2, as set out in Section 4 of Chapter 385, is amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 7.2. Deeds to be kept by board's business official. All deeds for real property owned by the board shall, after registration thereof, be kept in the custody of the business official.

(6)       Article 7, as set out in Section 4 of Chapter 385, is amended by adding at the end of the Article the following Section.

"Sec. 7.5. Powers and duties of school employees with respect to property of the board. Subject to the general control of the board, the city superintendent of schools, as the principal administrative officer of the board, may define the powers and duties of principals, assistant principals, teachers, and other employees of the board with respect to the custody, protection, and care of schools, buildings and premises and other property of the board."

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of April, 1969.