Bill Text: NC H1142 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Inclement Weather/Avery Co. Schools
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-23 - Ref To Com On Education - K-12 [H1142 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-H1142-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1142
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Short Title: Inclement Weather/Avery Co. Schools. |
(Local) |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Dobson. For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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Referred to: |
Education - K-12 |
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May 23, 2016
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow the state board of education to grant a waiver to the avery county Board of education to accommodate additional makeup days due to school closings.
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,August 10, 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 the Avery County Schools.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2016‑2017 school year.
