HB 144

Subject to approval by voters at the statewide election in November 2026, amends Section 4 of Article IX of the North Carolina Constitution by changing the membership of the State Board of Education as follows. Adds the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Removes the 11 members appointed by the Governor from eight education districts and who are subject to confirmation by the NCGA and instead includes a number of elected members equal to the membership of the US House of Representatives apportioned to North Carolina. The elected members are to be elected to overlapping four-year terms from districts established by the NCGA. Makes the Superintendent of Public Instruction the chair (was, secretary) of the State Board of Education. Also amends Section 22 of Article II to exclude bills revising the districts for the State Board of Education members and the apportionment of the members among those districts and containing no other matter from the bills that are subject to the Governor's veto. If approved, effective January 1, 2028, and applies to terms of office beginning January 1, 2029.