Bill Summary for S 293 (2015-2016)

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Mar 16 2015

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
Senate Bill 293 (Public) Filed Monday, March 16, 2015
AN ACT PERMITTING LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO ALIGN THEIR SCHOOL CALENDARS WITH THOSE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Intro. by Hartsell.

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Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) provides authority to local boards of education to determine the opening and closing dates for public schools under GS 115C-84.2(a)(1). However, the local boards must comply with specified parameters for the opening and closing dates of public schools as provided in GS 115C-84.2(d). Subsection (d) also provides criteria under which the State Board of Education may waive those requirements upon a showing of good cause by a local board of education. Amends (d) by deleting the provision that included exemptions from the dates for schools with a modified calendar for 2003-04 or that were part of a planned program in 2003-04. Adds new language that provides that regardless of the required opening and closing dates under subsection (d), a local school board may align the school calendar for schools in the local administrative unit to align with the opening and closing dates of a community college that serves the city or county in which the school unit is located.