H.B. 445
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Mar 29, 2021
SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH10202-NG-55
Short Title: School Calendar Flexibility/Chatham County. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Reives.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO THE CHATHAM COUNTY
3 SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION IN ADOPTING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
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.
20 The required opening and closing dates under this subsection shall not apply to any school
21 that a local board designated as having a modified calendar for the 2003-2004 school year or to
22 any school that was part of a planned program in the 2003-2004 school year for a system of
23 modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified calendar.
24 Notwithstanding the required opening and closing dates under this subsection, a local board
25 of education may align the calendar of schools in the local school administrative unit with the
26 calendar of a community college serving the city or county in which the unit is located."
27 SECTION 2. This act applies only to Chatham County Schools.
28 SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with
29 the 2021-2022 school year.
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Statutes affected:
Filed: 115C-84.2
Edition 1: 115C-84.2