Bill Text: NC S595 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School Calendars
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-03 - Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education [S595 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-S595-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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SENATE BILL 595
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Short Title: School Calendars. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Apodaca (Primary Sponsor); and Tarte. |
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Referred to: |
Education/Higher Education. |
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April 4, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for the calendars for the public schools and community colleges.
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.first Tuesday after Labor Day, and the closing date
for students shall be no later than the last Friday before Memorial Day. For
these students, first semester coursework shall conclude and all first semester
final examinations shall be given before the students' winter break.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.
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. G.S. 115D‑20 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"§ 115D‑20. Powers and duties of trustees.
The trustees of each institution shall constitute the local administrative board of such institution, with such powers and duties as are provided in this Chapter and as are delegated to it by the State Board of Community Colleges. The powers and duties of trustees shall include the following:
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(7a) To determine a calendar for the institution showing legal holidays, beginning and ending date of each quarter, term or semester, and other important dates. The calendar for the institution shall provide that first semester coursework shall conclude, and all first semester final examinations shall be given before the students' winter break."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2013‑2014 school year.
