Bill Text: NC H346 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School Calendar Flex./Iredell County
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-15 - Ref To Com On Education - K-12 [H346 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-H346-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
H 1
HOUSE BILL 346
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Short Title: School Calendar Flex./Iredell County. |
(Local) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Fraley and R. Turner (Primary Sponsors). 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 15, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide additional flexibility to CERTAIN SCHOOL SYSTEMs in adopting the school calendar.
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.
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 Iredell‑Statesville Schools and the Mooresville Graded School District.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2017‑2018 school year.
