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S103 • 2025

Make NC School Calendars Great Again.

Make NC School Calendars Great Again.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Everitt, Applewhite, Bradley, Mayfield, Salvador, Smith, Waddell
Last action
2025-02-17
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Make NC School Calendars Great Again.

Make NC School Calendars Great Again.

What This Bill Does

  • Make NC School Calendars Great Again.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-17 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-02-17 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Make NC School Calendars Great Again.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 103

Short Title: Make NC School Calendars Great Again. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Everitt (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
February 17, 2025
*S103-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION FLEXIBILITY IN ADOPTING 2
THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. 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 M onday closest 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 d ue to school 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 c losing dates 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
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 24
the 2025-2026 school year. 25