Bill Text: NC S244 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Schools Closed Due to Inclement Weather

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S244 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-S244-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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SENATE BILL 244

 

 

Short Title:        Schools Closed Due to Inclement Weather.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Senator Soucek (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate.

March 12, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO GIVE QUALIFYING LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION in certain counties THE ABILITY TO BETTER MANAGE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME LOST DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER OR OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 115C‑84.2(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(1b)    Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of this subsection, if a school is closed due to inclement weather, a natural disaster, damage to a school facility, or a state of emergency, the school is required to make up a maximum of the average number of days or hours made up for the last five years."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑218.85(a)(1) reads as rewritten:

"(1)      The school shall provide instruction each year for at least 185 days or 1,025 hours over nine calendar months. If, however, a school is closed due to inclement weather, a natural disaster, damage to a school facility, or a state of emergency, the school is required to make up a maximum of the average number of days or hours made up for the last five years."

SECTION 3.  This act applies only to the Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, and Watauga County school administrative units.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2015‑2016 school year.