Bill Text: NC H251 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School Calendar Flexibility/Transylvania Co
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Ref To Com On Education - K-12 [H251 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-H251-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
H 1
HOUSE BILL 251
Short Title: School Calendar Flexibility/Transylvania Co. |
(Local) |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Whitmire (Primary Sponsor). 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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March 17, 2015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide additional flexibility to the transylvania county board of education in adopting the school calendars.
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.August 10.
First semester examinations shall be given before winter break.
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.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."
SECTION 2. This act applies only to the Transylvania County school administrative unit.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2015‑2016 school year.