H.B. 116
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Feb 17, 2021
SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH10036-NG-25
Short Title: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems. (Local)
Sponsors: Representatives McNeill and Hurley (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO CERTAIN BOARDS OF
3 EDUCATION IN ADOPTING SCHOOL CALENDARS.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2(d) reads as rewritten:
6 "(d) Opening and Closing Dates. – Local boards of education shall determine the dates of
7 opening and closing the public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this section. Except for
8 year-round schools, the opening date for students shall be no earlier than the Monday closest to
9 August 26, and the closing date for students shall be no later than the Friday closest to June 11.
10 On a showing of good cause, the State Board of Education may waive the requirement that the
11 opening date for students be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and may allow the
12 local board of education to set an opening date no earlier than the Monday closest to August 19,
13 to the extent that school calendars are able to provide sufficient days to accommodate anticipated
14 makeup days due to school closings. A local board may revise the scheduled closing date if
15 necessary in order to comply with the minimum requirements for instructional days or
16 instructional time. For purposes of this subsection, the term "good cause" means that schools in
17 any local school administrative unit in a county have been closed eight days per year during any
18 four of the last 10 years because of severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures,
19 or other emergency situations.August 1. First semester examinations shall be given before winter
20 break.
21 The required opening and closing dates under this subsection shall not apply to any school
22 that a local board designated as having a modified calendar for the 2003-2004 school year or to
23 any school that was part of a planned program in the 2003-2004 school year for a system of
24 modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified
25 calendar.Notwithstanding the required opening date under this subsection, a local board of
26 education may schedule the school opening and closing dates for any school in the local
27 administrative unit to coincide with the opening and closing dates of a community college serving
28 the city or county in which the school unit is located."
29 SECTION 2. This act applies only to Randolph County Schools and Asheboro City
30 Schools.
31 SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with
32 the 2021-2022 school year.
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Statutes affected:
Filed: 115C-84.2
Edition 1: 115C-84.2
Edition 2: 115C-84.2
Edition 3: 115C-84.2