A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide additional flexibility to the lincoln county board of education 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 1. First semester examinations shall be given before winter break."
SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the Lincoln County Schools.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2013‑2014 school year.