A few notable House bills filed:
H.B. 132: Jury Duty Tax Deduction, Rep. Timothy Spear
H.B. 133: Prudent Management of Institutional Funds, Rep. Deborah Ross
H.B. 134: Assault State or Local Officer or Employee, Rep. Russell Tucker
H.B. 135: Broadband Service Providers, Reps. Bill Faison, Joe Tolson, Phil Haire and Thom Tillis
H.B. 137: Capital Procedure / Severe Mental Disability, Reps. Verla Insko, Pricey Harrison, Larry Womble and Paul Luebke
H.B. 149: Require Arts Educ. Credit for Graduation, Reps. Becky Carney, Rick Glazier, Alma Adams and Linda Johnson
H.B. 154: Appoint State Superintendent, Rep. Leo Daughtry
H.B. 155: Appoint State School Superintendent, Reps. Haire, Harold Brubaker, Johnson and Marvin Lucas
Comments
Re: More House bills
February 12, 2009 - 1:57pm — awbealI have a suggestion for the legislators offering a constitutional amendment making the state superintendent of schools an appointed position. I agree with them! But they also need to change Article 9 of the Constitution (http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Legislation/constitution/article9.html) to say that the superintendent is the CHAIRMAN (not the secretary) of the board of education. This sort of accomplishes what Gov. Perdue set out to do: put together the chairman and CEO into one accountable official.