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H33 • 2025
SchCalFlex/Yadkin, Davie/CC.
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
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SchCalFlex/Yadkin, Davie/CC.
Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Withdrawn From Com
Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Withdrawn From Com
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Passed 1st Reading
Filed
SchCalFlex/Yadkin, Davie/CC.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 33 Short Title: SchCalFlex/Yadkin, Davie/CC. (Local) Sponsors: Representative Howard. For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House February 4, 2025 *H33-v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO ALLOW YADK IN COUNTY SCHOOLS AN D DAVIE COUNTY SCHOO LS 2 TO ALIGN THEIR SCHOO L CALENDARS WITH SUR RY COUNTY COMMUNITY 3 COLLEGE'S OR DAVIDSON-DAVIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S CALENDAR. 4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2(d) reads as rewritten: 6 "(d) Opening and Closing Dates. – Local boards of education shall determine the dates of 7 opening and closing the public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this section. Except for 8 year-round schools, the opening date for students shall be no earlier than the Monday closest to 9 August 26, and the closing date for students shall be no later than the Friday closest to June 11. 10 On a showing of good cause, the State Board of Education may waive the requirement th at the 11 opening date for students be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and may allow the 12 local board of education to set an opening date no earlier than the Monday closest to August 19, 13 to the extent that school calendars are able to provide sufficient days to accommodate anticipated 14 makeup days due to school closings. A local board may revise the scheduled closing date if 15 necessary in order to comply with the minimum requirements for instructional days or 16 instructional time. For purposes of this subsection, the term "good cause" means that schools in 17 any local school administrative unit in a county have been closed eight days per year during any 18 four of the last 10 years because of severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, 19 or other emergency situations. 20 The required opening and closing dates under this subsection shall not apply to any school 21 that a local board designated as having a modified calendar for the 2003 -2004 school year or to 22 any school that was part of a planned pr ogram in the 2003 -2004 school year for a system of 23 modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified calendar. 24 Notwithstanding the required opening and closing dates under this subsection, a local board 25 of education may align the c alendar of schools in the local school administrative unit with the 26 calendar of a community college serving in the city or county in which the unit is located." 27 SECTION 2. This act applies only to Yadkin County Schools and Davie County 28 Schools. 29 SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 30 the 2025-2026 school year. 31