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House approves partisan elections for Pitt County school board after extended debate, 70-47
Summary
House Bill 302, allowing Pitt County Board of Education elections to be partisan, passed the House after sustained debate about local input and politicization of school boards. The committee substitute passed second reading 70-47 and passed third reading by voice vote.
The North Carolina House on April 1 passed House Bill 302, allowing Pitt County to change its Board of Education elections from nonpartisan to partisan. The House committee substitute passed second reading on a recorded roll-call vote, 70 in favor and 47 opposed, and the bill passed third reading by voice and will be sent to the Senate.
Representative Reeder, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues the change would allow Pitt County to “join 53 other local educational agencies who have made their board of education's elections partisan” and argued that partisan labels “help provide…
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