GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 1478*
Senate Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 8/20/98

Short Title:  Year-Round Schools Task Force.	(Public)

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May 25, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF THE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM PROVIDING YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Department of Public Instruction shall form a task force to identify the barriers that prevent local boards of education from providing year-round schools for all grade levels.  In addition, the task force shall identify ways that local boards of education or the State Board of Education could minimize or remove those barriers.  The task force shall report the results of its study, including any proposed changes to existing laws, rules or policies, to the State Board of Education and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee prior to May 15, 1999.  The task force shall terminate upon reporting its results.  The State Board of Education shall disseminate the results of the study to local boards of education no later than June 15, 1999.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.