| 8 | | - | Sponsors: Representatives G. Brown and Reeder (Primary Sponsors). |
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| 9 | | - | For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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| 10 | | - | Referred to: State and Local Government, if favorable, Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, |
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| 11 | | - | Calendar, and Operations of the House |
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| 12 | | - | February 17, 2025 |
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| 13 | | - | *H119 -v-1* |
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| 9 | + | Sponsors: Representative G. Brown. |
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| 10 | + | Referred to: |
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| 11 | + | |
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| 12 | + | *DRH30060 -NH-61* |
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| 14 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 15 | 14 | | AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO PITT COUNTY SCHOOLS IN 2 |
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| 16 | 15 | | ADOPTING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. 3 |
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| 17 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 18 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2(d) reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 19 | 18 | | "(d) Opening and Closing Dates. – Local boards of education shall determine the dates of 6 |
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| 20 | 19 | | opening and closing the public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this section. Except for 7 |
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| 21 | 20 | | year-round schools, the opening date for students shall be no earlier than the Monday closest to 8 |
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| 22 | 21 | | August 26, and the 10, unless August 10 falls on a weekend, in which case the opening date shall 9 |
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| 23 | 22 | | be either the Friday immediately preceding or the Monday immediately following August 10. 10 |
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| 24 | 23 | | The closing date for students shall be no later than the Friday closest to June 11. On a showing 11 |
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| 25 | 24 | | of good cause, the State Board of Education may waive the requirement that the opening date for 12 |
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| 26 | 25 | | students be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and may allow the local board of 13 |
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| 27 | 26 | | education to set an opening date no earlier than the Monday closest to August 19, to the extent 14 |
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| 28 | 27 | | that school calendars are able to provide sufficient days to accommodate anticipated makeup 15 |
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| 29 | 28 | | days due to school closings. A local board may revise the scheduled closing date if necessary in 16 |
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| 30 | 29 | | order to comply with the minimum requirements for instructional days or instructional time. For 17 |
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| 31 | 30 | | purposes of this subsection, the term "good cause" means that schools in any local school 18 |
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| 32 | 31 | | administrative unit in a county have been closed eight days per year during any four of the last 19 |
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| 33 | 32 | | 10 years because of severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, or other 20 |
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| 34 | 33 | | emergency situations. 21 |
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| 35 | 34 | | The required opening and closing dates under this subsection shall not apply to any school 22 |
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| 36 | 35 | | that a local board designated as having a modified calendar for the 2003-2004 school year or to 23 |
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| 37 | 36 | | any school that was part of a planned program in the 2003-2004 school year for a system of 24 |
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| 38 | 37 | | modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified calendar." 25 |
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| 39 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This act applies only to Pitt County. 26 |
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| 40 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 27 |
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| 41 | 40 | | the 2025-2026 school year. 28 |
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