GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	3

SENATE BILL 1173
Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 5/30/96
Third Edition Engrossed 6/3/96

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

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May 15, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT THE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF VARIOUS 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.  A local board of education may schedule longer school days under Section 1 of this act only after all extra calendar days required under G.S. 115C-84(c) have been scheduled to be used as instructional days.  A local board of education proceeding under Section 1 of this act may not excuse students from attendance under G.S. 115C-84(c).
Sec. 3.  This act applies only to the Alleghany, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Stokes, Swain, Transylvania, 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. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to school years beginning with the 1996-97 school year.