A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide additional flexibility to Certain local boards of education in adopting their school calendars.
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.
Notwithstanding the required opening date under this subsection, a local board of education may schedule the school opening and closing dates for any school in the local administrative unit to coincide with the opening and closing dates of a community college serving the city or county in which the school unit is located."
SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the Vance and Warren County school administrative units.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2013‑2014 school year.