North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1026: Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies.
Status: Introduced, June 2, 2026
What the bill says
An act to allow public schools to use an additional three days of remote instruction for excess emergencies.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ALLOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO USE AN ADDITIONAL THREE DAYS OF REMOTE INSTRUCTION FOR EXCESS EMERGENCIES. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.3 reads as rewritten: "§ 115C-84.3. Remote instruction. ... (b) A public school unit in a county that has received a good cause waiver, as provided in G.S. 115C-84.2(d), for the school year may use up to 15 remote instruction days or 90 remote instruction hours when schools are unable to open due to severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, or other emergency situations and may use that time towards the required instructional days or hours for the school calendar. (b1) All other public school units may use not operating under a good cause waiver may: (1) Use up to five remote instruction days or 30 remote instruction hours when schools are unable to open due to severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, or other emergency situations and may use that time towards the required instructional days or hours for the school calendar. (2) If a public school unit has used all remote instruction time allowed under subdivision (1) of this subsection, and the public school unit then experiences another emergency or is still experiencing an ongoing emergency, then the school may use up to …
Sponsors
- Lambeth, Donny (R, 75) · primary sponsor
- Potts, Larry W. (R, 81) · primary sponsor
- Biggs, Brian (R, 70) · primary sponsor
- Branson, Jerry (R, 59)
- Clark, Tracy (D, 57)
- Eddins, Blair (R, 94)
- Harrison, Pricey (D, 61)
- Howard, Julia C. (R, 77)
- Miller, Charles W. (R, 19)
- Moss, Ben T. (R, 52)
- Pyrtle, A. Reece (R, 65)
- Riddell, Dennis (R, 64)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations
- : Reptd Fav
- : Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION, CALENDAR, KINDERGARTEN, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TELESERVICES, BOARDS
Common questions
- What is H1026?
- H1026 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies.
- What does H1026 do?
- In its own words: An act to allow public schools to use an additional three days of remote instruction for excess emergencies.
- What is the status of H1026?
- Introduced as of June 2, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations (June 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1026?
- Lambeth, Donny (R, 75), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1026?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H1026
Source: official North Carolina record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.