North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S156: SchCalFlex/Wake/CC.
Status: In committee, February 26, 2025
What the bill says
An act to allow wake county schools to align their school calendar with the school calendar of local community colleges.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ALLOW WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS TO ALIGN THEIR SCHOOL CALENDAR WITH THE SCHOOL CALENDAR OF LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 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 …
Sponsors
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Chaudhuri, Jay J. (D, 15) · primary sponsor
- Blue, Dan (D, 14) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: LOCAL, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION, CALENDAR, KINDERGARTEN, COUNTIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BOARDS
Common questions
- What is S156?
- S156 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): SchCalFlex/Wake/CC.
- What does S156 do?
- In its own words: An act to allow wake county schools to align their school calendar with the school calendar of local community colleges.
- What is the status of S156?
- In committee as of February 26, 2025. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (February 26, 2025).
- Who sponsored S156?
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S156?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S156
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