| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO END BLOCK SCHEDULING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2 reads as rewritten: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | "§ 115C-84.2. School calendar. 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | (a) School Calendar. – Each local board of education shall adopt a school calendar 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | consisting of 215 days all of which shall fall within the fiscal year. A school calendar shall include 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | the following: 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | … 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | (1b) A class schedule in which no class period or subject is scheduled for more 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | than 50 total minutes of instructional time per instructional day. 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | … 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | (a1) Report on School Start and Release Times. – As part of the reporting requirements 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | under the Uniform Education Reporting System pursuant to G.S. 115C-12(18), each local board 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | of education shall report to the State Board of Education on the following: 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | (1) The start time and release time for each school under control of the local board 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | of education. For the purposes of this subsection, "start time" shall mean the 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | time of day when academic classes begin for the majority of students enrolled 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | in the school, and "release time" shall mean the time of day when academic 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | classes end for the majority of students enrolled in the school. Each local 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | board of education shall also identify and include additional information in 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | the report regarding any schools that have a start time or release time that does 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | not conform to the definitions set forth in this subsection. 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | (2) A copy of the class period schedule for each school under control of the local 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | board of education that is in compliance with subdivision (a)(1b) of this 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | section. 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | …." 27 |
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| 39 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 28 |
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| 40 | 41 | | the 2026-2027 school year. 29 |
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