SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/MULTIPLE COUNTIES.

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 257 (Local) Filed Wednesday, March 1, 2023
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO CASWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS, CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS, AND ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS IN ADOPTING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
Intro. by Price, Buansi.

Status: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Mar 14 2023)
H 257

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 1 2023 - View Summary

    Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) sets the parameters within which local boards of education must determine the opening and closing dates of public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of the statute.  Amends GS 115C-84(d) to require Caswell County Schools, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and Orange County Schools to open no earlier than August 11 (currently, prohibited from opening earlier than the Monday closest to August 26), excluding year round schools. Deletes the provisions of subsection (d) concerning waiver of opening date requirements upon a showing of good cause. 

    Amends GS 115C-175.12(a)(4) (governing student testing procedures) to permit a local board of education that has implemented a school calendar that concludes the fall semester prior to December 31 to administer assessments before the conclusion of the fall semester. Applicable only to Caswell County Schools, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and Orange County Schools.

    Effective beginning with the 2023-24 school year.