{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-210.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-210.1","heading":"Membership - How appointed.","body":"(a)\tThe Council shall consist of 15 members, as follows:\n(1)\tTwo legislative members appointed as follows:\na.\tOne member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.\nb.\tOne member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.\n(2)\tTwo American Indian members from higher education, who are preferably faculty members. The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Community Colleges shall each appoint a member.\n(3)\tOne American Indian member from the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs to be appointed by that Commission.\n(4)\tFive American Indian parents of students enrolled in K-12 public schools, including charter schools.\n(4a)\tFive American Indian K-12 public school educators, one member who shall be a Title VII director or coordinator, to be appointed by the State Board of Education from a list of recommendations submitted by the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs. For the purposes of this subdivision, a K-12 educator may be a school administrator, classroom teacher, resource teacher, or school counselor. A member appointed pursuant to this subdivision must hold a current North Carolina professional educator license.\n(5)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2015-295, s. 1, effective October 29, 2015.\n(b)\tAmerican Indian members of the Council shall be broadly representative of North Carolina Indian tribes and organizations, North Carolina State-recognized tribes and organizations (Coharie Tribe, Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Meherrin Indian Tribe, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, Sappony, Waccamaw Siouan Tribe, Cumberland County Association for Indian People, Guilford Native American Association, Metrolina Native American Association, Triangle Native American Society, and any other Indian tribe gaining State recognition in the future), and parents and educators from tribes recognized by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1084, s. 1; 1991, c. 739, s. 13; 1997-456, s. 27; 2015-295, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 115C. Elementary and Secondary Education.","SUBCHAPTER IV. EDUCATION PROGRAM.","Article 13A. State Advisory Council on Indian Education."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_115C/GS_115C-210.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:42Z","sha256":"7c539ada7fa7916729b4c52c5a902f86b84fdbf3aa72f5d4bb72fecbd2be562a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-210","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-115c-210.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}