An N.C. House Select Committee is recommending that the General Assembly change a state law forcing districts to start school the Monday closest to Aug. 26 and end no later than the Friday closest to June 11.
The House Select Committee on Education System for North Carolina’s Future stated, “The Committee finds that the current requirement that schools begin no earlier than the Monday closest to Aug. 26 and adjourn no later than the Friday closest to June 11 creates a school calendar that is not best suited to the needs of students and educators. To better meet those needs, the Committee finds that local boards of education should be given greater calendar flexibility to better meet those needs, the Committee finds that local boards of education should be given greater calendar flexibility.”
The finding was just one of six from the committee.
“Calendar flexibility has long been talked about and is sore- ly overdue for a number of reasons,” Rep. David Willis, a committee member from Union County, said.
The main reasons are to align schools’ calendars with local community colleges and allow for state testing to happen prior to the holiday break.
The committee’s report says to better meet the needs of districts, they believe local boards of education should have flexibility when school starts and ends.
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