GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1208
Second Edition Engrossed 6/13/96

Short Title:  Snow Days Offset/Certain Schools.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representatives R. Hunter, Buchanan; Thompson and Justus.

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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government I.

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May 16, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT THE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN CERTAIN COUNTIES TO SCHEDULE LONGER SCHOOL DAYS SO AS TO OFFSET DAYS LOST DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  A local board of education may schedule school days longer than the minimum required instructional hours so as to offset days lost due to inclement weather.  For the purposes of computing the length of the school term and determining pay of school personnel, every additional hour scheduled may be used to offset one hour of a school day lost due to inclement weather.
Sec. 2.  This act applies only to the Avery, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Jones, Lenoir, Madison, McDowell, Polk, Swain, Wake, Watauga, and Yancey County School Administrative Units.  The local board of education in each of these counties shall evaluate the educational effectiveness of this type of scheduling and shall report the results of this evaluation to the State Board of Education for the first two years following the ratification of this act.
Sec. 3.  Chapter 703 of the 1983 Session Laws is repealed.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to school years beginning with the 1996-97 school year.