North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H51 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 51
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH40025-NH-24
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5	6
6	7
7	8		Short Title: SchCalFlex/Orange,CH-Car,Caswell/CC & Assmnts. (Local)
8		-	Sponsors: Representatives Price and Buansi (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: State and Local Government, if favorable, Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules,
11		-	Calendar, and Operations of the House
12		-	February 5, 2025
13		-	H51-v-1
	9	+	Sponsors: Representative Price.
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRH40025 -NH-24
14	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
15	14		AN ACT TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO CASWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS, CHAPEL 2
16	15		HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS, AND ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS IN 3
17	16		ADOPTING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. 4
18	17		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
19	18		SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2(d) reads as rewritten: 6
20	19		"(d) Opening and Closing Dates. – Local boards of education shall determine the dates of 7
21	20		opening and closing the public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this section. Except for 8
22	21		year-round schools, the opening date for students shall be no earlier than the Monday closest to 9
23	22		August 26, and the closing date for students shall be no later than the Friday closest to June 11. 10
24	23		On a showing of good cause, the State Board of Education may waive the requirement that the 11
25	24		opening date for students be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and may allow the 12
26	25		local board of education to set an opening date no earlier than the Monday closest to August 19, 13
27	26		to the extent that school calendars are able to provide sufficient days to accommodate anticipated 14
28	27		makeup days due to school closings. A local board may revise the scheduled closing date if 15
29	28		necessary in order to comply with the minimum requirements for instructional days or 16
30	29		instructional time. For purposes of this subsection, the term "good cause" means that schools in 17
31	30		any local school administrative unit in a county have been closed eight days per year during any 18
32	31		four of the last 10 years because of severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, 19
33	32		or other emergency situations. 20
34	33		The required opening and closing dates under this subsection shall not apply to any school 21
35	34		that a local board designated as having a modified calendar for the 2003-2004 school year or to 22
36	35		any school that was part of a planned program in the 2003-2004 school year for a system of 23
37	36		modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified calendar. 24
38	37		Notwithstanding the required opening and closing dates under this subsection, a local board 25
39	38		of education may align the calendar of schools in the local school administrative unit with the 26
40	39		calendar of a community college serving in the city or county in which the unit is located by 27
41	40		starting the calendar on the same day as the college or any day thereafter." 28
42	41		SECTION 2. G.S. 115C-174.12(a)(4) reads as rewritten: 29
43	42		"(4) All annual assessments of student achievement adopted by the State Board of 30
44	43		Education pursuant to G.S. 115C-174.11(c)(1) and (3) and all final exams for 31
45	44		courses shall be administered within the final 10 instructional days of the 32
46	45		school year for year-long courses and within the final five instructional days 33
47		-	of the semester for semester courses. Exceptions shall be permitted to 34 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48		-	Page 2 House Bill 51-First Edition
49		-	accommodate a student's individualized education program and section 504 1
50		-	(29 U.S.C. § 794) plans and for the administration of final exams for courses 2
51		-	with national or international curricula required to be held at designated times. 3
52		-	A local board of education that has implemented a school calendar that 4
53		-	concludes the fall semester prior to December 31 shall be permitted to 5
54		-	administer assessments prior to the conclusion of that semester." 6
55		-	SECTION 3. This act applies only to Caswell County Schools, Chapel Hill-Carrboro 7
56		-	City Schools, and Orange County Schools. 8
57		-	SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 9
58		-	the 2025-2026 school year. 10
	46	+	of the semester for semester courses. Exceptions shall be permitted to 34
	47	+	accommodate a student's individualized education program and section 504 35
	48	+	(29 U.S.C. § 794) plans and for the administration of final exams for courses 36
	49	+	H.B. 51
	50	+	Feb 4, 2025
	51	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	52	+	Page 2 DRH40025-NH-24
	53	+	with national or international curricula required to be held at designated times. 1
	54	+	A local board of education that has implemented a school calendar that 2
	55	+	concludes the fall semester prior to December 31 shall be permitted to 3
	56	+	administer assessments prior to the conclusion of that semester." 4
	57	+	SECTION 3. This act applies only to Caswell County Schools, Chapel Hill-Carrboro 5
	58	+	City Schools, and Orange County Schools. 6
	59	+	SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 7
	60	+	the 2025-2026 school year. 8