In 1971 the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a tenure law for the State's public school teachers and principals. Codified as G.S. 115-142, the Act became effective July 1, 1972. It requires local boards of education to adopt "reasonable rules and regulations" for the conduct of hearings on dismissing or demoting teachers and principals. This booklet contains five procedural codes to be usedas guides for boards of education as they develop their own hearing regulations. These codes concern teacher dismissal, demotion, or the nonrenewal of a teacher's contract. They also describe procedures to be followed in dismissing assistant superintendents and superintendents during the contract period, and provide forms to be used with these procedures by the superintendent or the school board. The appendix contains the State Board of Education hearing regulations to be followed in the event the local school board does not adopt its own regulations and a chart showing the time requirements of the tenure act when a recommendation to dismiss or demote a teacher has been made. (Author)