115C-503. Who may petition for election.
Local boards of education may petition the board of county commissioners for an election in their respective local school administrative units or for any school areas therein.
A majority of the qualified voters who have resided for the preceding 12 months in an area which is adjacent to a city administrative unit may petition the county board of education for an election on the question of annexing such area to the city administrative unit. For any of the other purposes enumerated in G.S. 115C-501, twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified voters who reside in a local school administrative unit may petition the local board of education for an election. (1955, c. 1372, art. 14, s. 3; 1961, c. 1019, s. 2; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 975, s. 7.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 36 - Voted Tax Supplements for School Purposes.
§ 115C-500 - Superintendents must furnish boundaries of special taxing districts.
§ 115C-501 - Purposes for which elections may be called.
§ 115C-502 - Maximum rate and frequency of elections.
§ 115C-503 - Who may petition for election.
§ 115C-504 - Necessary information in petitions.
§ 115C-505 - Boards of education must consider petitions.
§ 115C-506 - Action of board of county commissioners or governing body of municipality.
§ 115C-507 - Rules governing elections.
§ 115C-508 - Effective date; levy of taxes.
§ 115C-509 - Conveyance of school property upon enlargement of city administrative unit.
§ 115C-510 - Elections in districts created from portions of contiguous counties.
§ 115C-511 - Levy and collection of taxes.
§ 115C-513 - Special tax for certain merged school administrative units.