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| '''North Carolina''' is home to 236 school districts, 2,577 schools and 1,507,864 students.<ref>[http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/fbs/resources/data/factsfigures/2012-13figures.pdf ''Public Schools of North Carolina,'' "Facts and Figures 2012-13," accessed August 12, 2013]</ref>
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| ==Quick facts==
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| ===State school administrators===
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| *[[North Carolina Department of Education|State Board of Education]]<ref>[https://eboard.eboardsolutions.com/AboutUs/AboutUs.aspx?S=10399&TID=1 ''North Carolina State Board of Education,'' "Board of Education," accessed June 13, 2014]</ref>
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| **William Cobey, ''Chairman, At-Large Member''
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| **A.L. Collins, ''Vice Chairman, District 5''
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| **[[Dan Forest]], ''[[Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina|Lieutenant Governor]]''
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| **[[Janet Cowell]], ''[[North Carolina Treasurer|State Treasurer]]''
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| **Rebecca Taylor, ''District 1''
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| **Reginald Kenan, ''District 2''
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| **Kevin Howell, ''District 3''
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| **Dr. Olivia Holmes Oxendine, ''District 4''
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| **John A. Tate, III, ''District 6''
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| **Gregory Alcorn, ''District 7''
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| **Wayne McDevitt, ''District 8''
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| **Marcella Savage, ''At-Large Member''
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| **Patricia Willoughby, ''At-Large Member''
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| ===Statistics===
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| The following table displays the state's top 10 school districts by total student enrollment and per-pupil spending.
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| ! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Student enrollment, 2011-2012<ref name=enroll>[http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/accounting/data/ ''Public Schools of North Carolina,'' "Data & Reports - Student Accounting," accessed August 12, 2013]</ref>
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| ! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Per-pupil spending, 2012-2013<ref>[http://apps.schools.nc.gov/pls/apex/f?p=1:34:1329139395303301::NO::: ''Public Schools of North Carolina,'' "Statistical Profile - Table 24 - Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking," accessed August 12, 2013]</ref>
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| | 1.) [[Wake County Public School System, North Carolina|Wake County]] || 1.) [[Hyde County Schools, North Carolina|Hyde County]]
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| | 2.) [[Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina|Charlotte-Mecklenburg]] || 2.) [[Tyrrell County Schools, North Carolina|Tyrrell County]]
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| | 3.) [[Guilford County Schools, North Carolina|Guilford County]] || 3.) [[Weldon City Schools, North Carolina|Weldon City]]
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| | 4.) [[Cumberland County Schools, North Carolina|Cumberland County]] || 4.) [[Jones County Schools, North Carolina|Jones County]]
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| | 5.) [[Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, North Carolina|Winston-Salem/Forsyth County]] || 5.) [[Asheville City Schools, North Carolina|Asheville City]]
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| | 6.) [[Union County Public Schools, North Carolina|Union County]] || 6.) [[Pamlico County Schools, North Carolina|Pamlico County]]
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| | 7.) [[Durham Public Schools, North Carolina|Durham]] || 7.) [[Northampton County Schools, North Carolina|Northampton County]]
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| | 8.) [[Johnston County Schools, North Carolina|Johnston County]] || 8.) [[Washington County Schools, North Carolina|Washington County]]
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| | 9.) [[Gaston County Schools, North Carolina|Gaston County]] || 9.) [[Dare County Schools, North Carolina|Dare County]]
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| | 10.) [[Cabarrus County Schools, North Carolina|Cabarrus County]] || 10.) [[Warren County Schools, North Carolina|Warren County]]
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| ===Demographics===
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| {{Education k-12 ethnicity North Carolina}}
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| ==In the news==
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| ===State budget concerns===
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| On June 15, 2014, the North Carolina Large District Superintendent Consortium, a group of leaders from the state's 10 largest school systems, held a news conference to discuss the state budget. Prior to the conference, both houses of the [[North Carolina State Legislature]] passed their versions of the 2015 state budget. The [[North Carolina State Senate]] proposed raising teacher pay by nearly $470 million, which would come to an average 11 percent raise. In order to get that raise, however, teachers would have to surrender tenure, and other education funding cuts would have to be made, including nearly half of the funding for teacher assistants. The [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] proposed raising teacher salaries by 5 percent without making them surrender tenure. The money for the raises would partly come from increased lottery proceeds from the North Carolina Education Lottery. The House plan also cut millions from the University of North Carolina system.<ref>[http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/16/3941151/nc-big-districts-to-speak-on-state.html ''News Observer'', "NC big school districts to speak on state budget," June 16, 2014]</ref><ref>[http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20140618/SP01/140619725/ ''Salisbury Post'', "NC lawmakers, McCrory hone in on budget differences," June 18, 2014]</ref>
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| At the news conference, members of the North Carolina Large District Superintendent Consortium thanked state lawmakers for their efforts to raise teacher pay but expressed concern over the proposed paths to fund the raises. They said schools would not be able to stand losing half of the state's teaching assistants and that lottery money could force schools to take money from one area to pay for another. Despite their concern over the proposed methods of finding money to increase teacher salaries, members of the superintendent consortium did say they were encouraged by the discussions state lawmakers were having, as teacher pay had not had a significant increase in over five years, which made it difficult to retain teachers as well as hire new ones.<ref>[http://www.wral.com/nc-school-districts-encouraged-but-concerned-about-state-budget/13739460/ ''WRAL'', "NC school districts encouraged but concerned about state budget," June 17, 2014]</ref>
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| ==State law==
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| ===Common Core===
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| {{NCCommonCore}}
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| ===School board composition===
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| School board members in North Carolina are generally elected by residents of the school district, although in certain cases school board members may be appointed. School board elections must be nonpartisan, and school boards must consist of five members serving four-year terms.<ref name=article5>[http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByArticle/Chapter_115c/Article_5.pdf ''North Carolina General Statutes'', "Article 5: Local Boards of Education," accessed July 9, 2014]</ref>
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| ===District types===
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| North Carolina has three types of school districts: county school districts, county school administrative units and city school administrative units. County school districts have elected school boards, and most county and city school administrative units have elected school boards as well. Some city administrative units, however, have school boards that are appointed by the city council.<ref>[http://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/2007/nc.pdf ''United States Census Bureau'', "North Carolina," accessed July 9, 2014]</ref>
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| ===Term limits===
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| North Carolina does not impose term limits on school board members.<ref name=article5/>
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| ==School board elections==
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| ===Upcoming elections===
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| : ''See also: [[North Carolina school board elections, 2015]]''
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| {{North Carolina SBE 2015}}
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| ===Path to the ballot===
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| In order to be run for election to a school board in North Carolina, a candidate must by at least 21 years old. If the candidate is employed by the school district that he or she seeks to represent, the candidate must resign from that employment before taking office.<ref name=article5/><ref>[http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/legislation/constitution/ncconstitution.html ''North Carolina Constitution'', "Article VI, Section 6," accessed July 10, 2014]</ref> To get on the ballot, candidates must file with their local municipal elections office and pay a filing fee.<ref>[http://www.co.randolph.nc.us/elections/downloads/2014OfficesForReelection_Candidate%20Filing.pdf ''Randolph County Elections Department'', "2014 Candidate Filing Schedule," accessed July 10, 2014]</ref>
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| ===Campaign finance===
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| Candidates must file a Statement of Organization, a Certification of Treasurer, a Certification of Financial Account Information and periodic financial disclosure reports with their local municipal elections office. Candidates who do not intend on receiving or spending more than $1,000 on their campaigns can file a Certification of Threshold instead of the disclosure reports.<ref>[http://www.co.randolph.nc.us/elections/filing.htm ''Randolph County Elections Department'', "Candidate Filing Information," accessed July 10, 2014]</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Portal:School Boards and School Board Elections|School board elections portal]]
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| *[[United States school districts]]
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| *[[List of school districts in North Carolina]]
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| *[[North Carolina Department of Public Instruction]]
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| *[[Public education in North Carolina]]
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| *[[North Carolina]]
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/ North Carolina Secretary of State]
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| * [http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ North Carolina Department of Public Instruction]
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| * [http://www.ncsba.org/ North Carolina School Boards Association]
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| * [http://www.ctanc.org/ Classroom Teachers Association of North Carolina]
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| * [http://www.ncae.org/ North Carolina Association of Educators]
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| * [https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/ National Center for Education Statistics school district search tool]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{North Carolina schools}}
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| {{School districts and elections}}
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| {{North Carolina}}
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| [[Category:North Carolina]]
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| [[Category:State school district portals]]
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