GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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HOUSE DRH80078-LE-56 (03/05)
Short Title: School Calendar Flexibility. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Lucas and L. Bell (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to permit local boards of education to set school calendars for their local school administrative units.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) Opening and Closing
Dates. - Local boards of education shall determine the dates of opening and
closing the public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this section. Except for
year-round schools, the opening date for students shall be no earlier than August
15. First semester examinations shall be given before winter break.the
Monday closest to August 26, and the closing date for students shall be no
later than the Friday closest to June 11. On a showing of good cause, the State
Board of Education may waive the requirement that the opening date for students
be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and may allow the local
board of education to set an opening date no earlier than the Monday closest to
August 19, to the extent that school calendars are able to provide sufficient
days to accommodate anticipated makeup days due to school closings. A local
board may revise the scheduled closing date if necessary in order to comply
with the minimum requirements for instructional days or instructional time. For
purposes of this subsection, the term "good cause" means that schools
in any local school administrative unit in a county have been closed eight days
per year during any four of the last 10 years because of severe weather
conditions, energy shortages, power failures, or other emergency situations.
Notwithstanding the required opening date under this subsection, a local board of education may schedule the school opening and closing dates for any school in the local administrative unit to coincide with the opening and closing dates of a community college serving the city or county in which the school unit is located.
The required opening and closing dates under this
subsection shall not apply to any school that a local board designated as
having a modified calendar for the 2003-2004 school year or to any school that
was part of a planned program in the 2003-2004 school year for a system of
modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified
calendar."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.