SchCalFlex/Gates/CC.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 138

Short Title: SchCalFlex/Gates/CC. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Ward.
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 18, 2025
*H138-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ALLOW GATE S COUNTY SCHOOLS TO ALIGN THEIR SCHOOL 2
CALENDAR WITH THE SCHOOL CALENDAR OF COLLEGE OF THE ALBEMARLE. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2(d) reads as rewritten: 5
"(d) Opening and Closing Dates. – Local boards of education shall determine the dates of 6
opening and closing the public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this section. Except for 7
year-round schools, the opening date for students shall be no earlier than the Monday cl osest to 8
August 26, and the closing date for students shall be no later than the Friday closest to June 11. 9
On a showing of good cause, the State Board of Education may waive the requirement that the 10
opening date for students be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and may allow the 11
local board of education to set an opening date no earlier than the Monday closest to August 19, 12
to the extent that school calendars are able to provide sufficient days to accommodate anticipated 13
makeup days due to sc hool closings. A local board may revise the scheduled closing date if 14
necessary in order to comply with the minimum requirements for instructional days or 15
instructional time. For purposes of this subsection, the term "good cause" means that schools in 16
any local school administrative unit in a county have been closed eight days per year during any 17
four of the last 10 years because of severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, 18
or other emergency situations. 19
The required opening and closing d ates under this subsection shall not apply to any school 20
that a local board designated as having a modified calendar for the 2003 -2004 school year or to 21
any school that was part of a planned program in the 2003 -2004 school year for a system of 22
modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified calendar. 23
Notwithstanding the required opening and closing dates under this subsection, a local board 24
of education may align the calendar of schools in the local school administrative unit with the 25
calendar of a community college serving in the city or county in which the unit is located." 26
SECTION 2. This act applies only to Gates County Schools. 27
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 28
the 2025-2026 school year. 29