SACIE Council Members

This Council is composed of fifteen members:

• Two legislative members (one senator appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and one representative appointed by the Speaker of the House)
• Two Indian members from higher education (one appointed by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and one appointed by the State Board of Community Colleges)
• One Indian member from the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs to be appointed by the Commission
• Five Indian parents of students enrolled in K-12 public schools, including charter schools 
• Five Indian educators from public elementary/secondary schools to be appointed by the SBE from a list of recommendations submitted by the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs

Indian members of the Council shall be broadly representative of North Carolina Indian tribes and organizations, specifically, the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Lumbee, Coharie, Waccamaw-Siouan, Haliwa Saponi, Meherrin, Person County Indians, Cumberland County Association for Indian People, the Guilford Native American Association, the Metrolina Native American Association, and any other Indian tribe graining State recognition in the future.

For more information on SACIE appointments and terms, refer to NC General Statutes Chapter 115C, Article 13A.