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At that point, the plan "shall be deemed to have been made by authority of law and shall not be changed ar amended except by an act of the General Assembly." Implementation and Elements of Merger Plan Timetable ^ Individual merger plans detail their own timetable . State Board does not specify a schedule for implementation ^ For purposes of this analysis, the following hypothetical timeframe has been used: . Year 1 -Board of Commissioner decision regarding merger . Year 2 -Should the BOCC decide in favor of merger, Year 2 would be a year for transition activities to occur . Year 3 -Merger would take effect July 1 At this paint, Cocrnty Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill spoke. Merger Plan Must Include the Following Related to the New Board of Education: ^ Establishment and maintenance of a board of education which shall administer all the public schools of the newly created administrative unit ^ Termination of any terms of office proposed in the reorganization ^ Method of constituting and continuing the board of education ^ Manner of selection of members of the board of education including (I} number of board members, {ii) method of their election or appointment, {iii) whether members shall be nominated, elected or appointed from districts or at-large, (iv) manner of determining the nominee, {v) whether the election shall be partisan or non-partisan ^ Length of the board members' terms of office ^ Dates of induction into office ^ Organization of the board ^ Procedure far filling vacancies ^ Compensation to be paid members of the board for expenses incurred in performance of their duties School Board Composition and Roles Laws Authorizing Merger Offer Limited Flexibility in Creating Board of Education for New Unit ^ Election plan can allow for board of education to be elected one of three ways: . District method . At-large method . Combination of district and at-large method ^ Can be partisan or non-partisan ^ Election plan must comply with State and Federal Constitution and 1965 Voting Rights Act and be approved by the United States Department of Justice prior to State Board of Education approval Public Referendum ^ In accordance with NC General Statute 115C-68.1(c), BOCC initiated consolidation cannot be subject to a referendum ^ In the absence of authority from the General Assembly, such anon-binding referendum should not occur ^ Local act (example -Guilford County)