North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H121: SchCalFlex/Statewide/Open Cal.
Status: In committee, May 7, 2025
What the bill says
An act to provide additional flexibility to local boards of education in adopting the school calendar.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN ADOPTING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2(d) reads as rewritten: "(d) Opening and Closing Dates. - Local boards of education shall determine the dates of opening and closing the public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this section. Except for year-round schools, the opening date for students shall be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, and the closing date for students shall be no later than the Friday closest to June 11. On a showing of good cause, the State Board of Education may waive the requirement that the opening date for students be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and may allow the local board of education to set an opening date no earlier than the Monday closest to August 19, to the extent that school calendars are able to provide sufficient days to accommodate anticipated makeup days due to school closings. A local board may revise the scheduled closing date if necessary in order to comply with the minimum requirements for instructional days or instructional time. For purposes of this subsection, the term "good cause" means that schools in any local school administrative unit in a county have …
Sponsors
- Setzer, Mitchell S. (R, 89) · primary sponsor
- Huneycutt, Cody (R, 67) · primary sponsor
- Cunningham, Carla D. (I, 106) · primary sponsor
- Johnson-Hostler, Monika (D, 33) · primary sponsor
- Ager, Eric (D, 114)
- Almond, Jonathan L. (R, 73)
- Ball, Cynthia (D, 49)
- Belk, Mary (D, 88)
- Biggs, Brian (R, 70)
- Branson, Jerry (R, 59)
- Brown, Gloristine (D, 8)
- Brown, Terry M. (D, 92)
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Regular Message Received From House
- : Regular Message Sent To Senate
- : Passed 3rd Reading
- : Passed 2nd Reading
- : Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025
- : Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- : Reptd Fav
- : Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Votes
- School Calendar Flexibility/Statewide/Open Calendar. Second Reading (May 6, 2025): 111 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION, CALENDAR, KINDERGARTEN, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BOARDS, PUBLIC, SECONDARY EDUCATION
Common questions
- What is H121?
- H121 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): SchCalFlex/Statewide/Open Cal.
- What does H121 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide additional flexibility to local boards of education in adopting the school calendar.
- What is the status of H121?
- In committee as of May 7, 2025. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (May 7, 2025).
- Who sponsored H121?
- Setzer, Mitchell S. (R, 89), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H121?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H121
Source: official North Carolina record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.