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S971 • 2025

Statewide Year-Round School Study.

Statewide Year-Round School Study.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Burgin, Corbin, Adcock, Chaudhuri, Chitlik, Mohammed
Last action
2026-05-05
Official status
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Statewide Year-Round School Study.

Statewide Year-Round School Study.

What This Bill Does

  • Statewide Year-Round School Study.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-05 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  2. 2026-05-05 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2026-05-04 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  4. 2026-05-04 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Statewide Year-Round School Study.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 971

Short Title: Statewide Year-Round School Study. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Burgin and Corbin (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
May 4, 2026
*S971-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO STU DY THE 2
FEASIBILITY AND POTE NTIAL OUTCOMES OF A STATEWIDE YEAR -ROUND 3
SCHOOL CALENDAR. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. The Department of Public Instruction shall study and make 6
recommendations on the feasibility and potential outcomes of a statewide year-round school year, 7
including analysis of the following: 8
(1) Educational outcomes. 9
(2) Summer learning loss. 10
(3) Testing administration. 11
(4) Dual enrollment in community college courses for high school students. 12
(5) Travel and tourism participation and revenues. 13
(6) Seasonal employment. 14
(7) Extracurricular learning opportunities and camps. 15
(8) Scheduling for families and communities. 16
(9) Implementation considerations. 17
(10) Building utilization. 18
(11) Any other area the Department deems relevant to the feasibility and potential 19
outcomes of a statewide year-round school calendar. 20
SECTION 2. The Department of Public Instructio n shall submit a report on the 21
results of its study, including any proposed legislation, to the Joint Legislative Education 22
Oversight Committee no later than February 1, 2027. 23
SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 24
Public Instruction the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 25
2026-2027 fiscal year for costs associated with conducting the study and preparing the report 26
required by this act. 27
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 28