A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide additional flexibility to local boards of education located in Henderson, polk, and transylvania counties 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 August 15, and the closing date for students shall be no later than the Friday closest to June 11. 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.
The required opening and closing dates under this subsection shall not apply to any school that a local board designated as having a modified calendar for the 2003‑2004 school year or to any school that was part of a planned program in the 2003‑2004 school year for a system of modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified calendar."
SECTION 2.  This act applies only to Henderson County Schools, Polk County Schools, and Transylvania County Schools.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2021‑2022 school year.