GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 190
Short Title: SchCal Mandatory Winter Break/Date Adjustment. (Local)
Sponsors: Representatives Rhyne and McNeely (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
February 26, 2025
*H190 -v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ADJUST THE SCHOOL CALENDAR AND REQUIRE A TWO-WEEK 2
WINTER BREAK FOR LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS AND IREDELL-STATESVILLE 3
SCHOOLS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 115C-84.2. School calendar. 7
(a) School Calendar. – Each local board of education shall adopt a school calendar 8
consisting of 215 days all of which shall fall within the fiscal year. A school calendar shall include 9
the following: 10
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(3a) A winter break starting on any day in the month of December and consisting 12
of 14 consecutive days with no instructional days or teacher workdays 13
scheduled. If a local board of education has had to close schools due to 14
inclement weather for three or more days before the winter break has started, 15
the local board may elect to make up the days the school was closed during 16
the winter break. 17
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(d) Opening and Closing Dates. – Local boards of education shall determine the dates of 19
opening and closing the public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this section. Except for 20
year-round schools, the opening date for students shall be no earlier than the Monday Wednesday 21
closest to August 26, 13, and the closing date for students shall be no later than the Friday closest 22
to June 11. 1. On a showing of good cause, the State Board of Education may waive the 23
requirement that the opening date for students be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 24
26 and may allow the local board of education to set an opening date no earlier than the Monday 25
closest to August 19, to the extent that school calendars are able to provide sufficient days to 26
accommodate anticipated makeup days due to school closings. A local board may revise the 27
scheduled closing date if necessary in order to comply with the minimum requirements for 28
instructional days or instructional time. For purposes of this subsection, the term "good cause" 29
means that schools in any local school administrative unit in a county have been closed eight 30
days per year during any four of the last 10 years because of severe weather conditions, energy 31
shortages, power failures, or other emergency situations. 32
The required opening and closing dates under this subsection shall not apply to any school 33
that a local board designated as having a modified calendar for the 2003-2004 school year or to 34 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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any school that was part of a planned program in the 2003-2004 school year for a system of 1
modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified calendar. 2
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SECTION 2. This act applies only to Lincoln County Schools and Iredell-Statesville 4
Schools. 5
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 6
the 2025-2026 school year. 7