Amends GS 115C-84.2(d) to provide that for the Vance and Warren County school administrative units, except for year-round schools, the opening date for students is no earlier than August 1. Requires first semester exams to be given before winter break. Allows a local board of education to schedule the school opening and closing dates for any school in the local administrative unit to coincide with the opening and closing dates of a community college serving the city or county in which the school unit is located. Applies only to the Vance and Warren County school administrative units. Effective when the act becomes law and applies beginning with the 2013-14 school year.