2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 115C-105.31. Creation of the Task Force on School-Based Management.

§ 115C‑105.31.  Creation of the Task Force on School‑Based Management.

(a)       There is created the Task Force on School‑Based Management under the State Board of Education.

The Task Force shall be composed of 21 members appointed as follows:

(1)       The Superintendent of Public Instruction;

(2)       One member of the State Board of Education, one parent of a public school child, and two at‑large members appointed by the State Board of Education;

(3)       Two members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

(4)       Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(5)       One member of a local board of education appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate after receiving recommendations from The North Carolina State School Boards Association, Inc.;

(6)       One member of a local board of education appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives after receiving recommendations from The North Carolina State School Boards Association, Inc.;

(7)       One local school superintendent appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate after receiving recommendations from the North Carolina Association of School Administrators;

(8)       One local school superintendent appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives after receiving recommendations from the North Carolina Association of School Administrators;

(9)       One school principal appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate after receiving recommendations from the Tar Heel Association of Principals/Assistant Principals and the Division of Administrators of the North Carolina Association of Educators;

(10)     One school principal appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives after receiving recommendations from the Tar Heel Association of Principals/Assistant Principals and the Division of Administrators of the North Carolina Association of Educators;

(11)     One school teacher appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate after receiving recommendations from the North Carolina Association of Educators, Inc., the North Carolina Federation of Teachers, and the Professional Educators of North Carolina, Inc.;

(12)     One school teacher appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives after receiving recommendations from the North Carolina Association of Educators, Inc., the North Carolina Federation of Teachers, and the Professional Educators of North Carolina, Inc.;

(13)     One representative of business and industry appointed by the Governor;

(14)     One representative of institutions of higher education appointed by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina;

(15)     One county commissioner appointed by the State Board of Education after receiving recommendations from the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners; and

(16)     The Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Secretary's designee.

Members of the Task Force shall serve for two‑year terms.

All members of the Task Force shall be voting members. Vacancies in the appointed membership shall be filled by the officer who made the initial appointment. The Task Force on School‑Based Management shall select a member of the Task Force to serve as chair of the Task Force.

Members of the Task Force shall receive travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 120‑3.1, G.S. 138‑5, and G.S. 138‑6.

(b)       The Task Force shall:

(1)       Advise the State Board of Education and Secretary of Health and Human Services on the development of guidelines for local boards of education and schools to implement school‑based management as part of the School‑Based Management and Accountability Program;

(2)       Advise the State Board of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on how to assist the public schools and residential schools so as to facilitate the implementation of school‑based management;

(3)       Advise the State Board of Education and Secretary of Health and Human Services about publications to be produced by the Department of Public Instruction on the development and implementation of school improvement plans;

(4)       Report annually to the State Board of Education on the implementation of school‑based management in the public schools on the first Friday in December. This report may contain a summary of recommendations for changes to any law, rule, and policy that would improve school‑based management.

(c)       The Department of Public Instruction shall, with the approval of the State Board of Education, provide staff to the Task Force at the request of the Task Force.

(d)       The State Board of Education shall appoint a Director of the Task Force on School‑Based Management. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 900, s. 76(a); 1993, c. 321, s. 144.2(d); 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 677, s. 7; 1995, c. 324, s. 17.8(a); 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 716, ss. 2, 3; 1998‑131, s. 9.)