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.(a)  G.S. 115C‑84.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑84.2.  School calendar.
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(a2)	Report on School Start and End Dates. – As part of the reporting requirements under the Uniform Education Reporting System pursuant to G.S. 115C‑12(18), annually by April 1 each local board of education shall report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education on the start and end dates of the instructional calendar for students for the next academic year. The local board of education shall report this information for each school under the control of that board.
(a3)	The State Board of Education shall report annually no later than June 15 to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the start and end dates for instructional calendars for the next academic year reported by local boards of education as provided in subsection (a2) of this section.
(b)	Limitations. – The following limitations apply when developing the school calendar:
(1)	The total number of teacher workdays for teachers employed for a 10‑month term shall not exceed 195 days.
(2)	The calendar shall include at least 42 consecutive days when teacher attendance is not required unless: (i) the school is a year‑round school; or (ii) the teacher is employed for a term in excess of 10 months. At the request of the local board of education or of the principal of a school, a teacher may elect to work on one of the 42 days when teacher attendance is not required in lieu of another scheduled workday.
(3)	School shall not be held on Sundays.
(4)	Veterans Day shall be a holiday for all public school personnel and for all students enrolled in the public schools. The month of November shall be designated "Veterans' History Awareness Month."
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(d)	Opening and Closing Dates. – Local boards of education shall determine the dates of opening and closing the public schools, including year‑round schools, under subdivision (a)(1) of this section.

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SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 115C‑84.3(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A public school unit in a county with a local school administrative unit that has been closed eight days per year during any four of the last 10 years because of severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, or other emergency situations 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. All other public school units may 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."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2025‑2026 school year.