§ 115C-284 — Method of selection and requirements

North Carolina § 115C-284

• Jurisdiction: North Carolina
• Ch. 115C: Elementary and Secondary Education
• Art. 19: Principals and Supervisors
• Subch. V: PERSONNEL

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(a) Principals and supervisors shall be elected by the local boards of education upon the recommendation of the superintendent, in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 115C-276(j).
(b) In the city administrative units, principals shall be elected by the board of education of such administrative unit upon the recommendation of the superintendent of city schools.
(b1) Repealed by Session Laws 2023-125, s. 1(d), effective September 28, 2023.
(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2023-125, s. 1(d), effective September 28, 2023.
(c1) Repealed by Session Laws 2023-125, s. 1(d), effective September 28, 2023.
(c2) Repealed by Session Laws 2023-125, s. 1(d), effective September 28, 2023.
(c3) Repealed by Session Laws 2023-125, s. 1(d), effective September 28, 2023.
(d) Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 385, s. 1.
(d1) Repealed by Session Laws 2023-125, s. 1(d), effective September 28, 2023.
(e) The State Board shall not issue provisional licenses for principals. It shall be unlawful for any board of education to employ or keep in service any principal or supervisor who neither holds nor is qualified to hold a license in compliance with the provision of the law or in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education. However, a local board of education may select a retired principal or retired assistant principal to serve as an interim principal for the remainder of any school year, regardless of licensure status.
(f) The allotment of classified principals shall be one principal for each duly constituted school with seven or more state-allotted teachers.
(g) Local boards of education shall have authority to employ supervisors in addition to those that may be furnished by the State when, in the discretion of the board of education, the schools of the local school administrative unit can thereby be more efficiently and more economically operated and when funds for the same are provided in the current expense fund budget. The duties of such supervisors shall be assigned by the superintendent with the approval of the board of education.
(h) All principals and supervisors employed in the public schools of the State or in schools receiving public funds, shall be required either to hold or be qualified to hold a license in compliance with the provision of the law or in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education. (1955, c. 1372 art. 5, ss. 4, 27; art. 6, s. 6; art. 18, ss. 1-4; 1963, c. 688, s. 3; 1965, c. 584, ss. 6, 20.1; 1969, c. 539; 1971, c. 1188, s. 1; 1973, cc. 236, 733; c. 770, ss. 1, 2; 1975, c. 437, s. 7; c. 686, s. 1; c. 731, ss. 1, 2; c. 965, s. 3; 1977, c. 1088, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1103, s. 4; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 975, s. 16; 1989, c. 385, s. 1; 1991, c. 689, s. 200(a); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1030, s. 28; 1993, c. 392, s. 2; 1999-30, s. 1; 1999-394, s. 1; 2006-264, s. 56(b); 2007-517, s. 1; 2008-187, s. 43; 2013-11, s. 2; 2017-189, s. 2(j); 2023-125, s. 1(d).)