GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
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HOUSE BILL DRH40051-MT-50 (02/08)
Short Title: School Calendar Flex./Gaston County Schools. |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Torbett. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide additional flexibility to the gaston county board of education in adopting the school calendar.
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 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.
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 applies only to Gaston County Schools.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2017‑2018 school year.