Mission Statement
We are a coalition united in support of allowing North Carolina school districts to set school calendars locally to better meet the needs of communities and students.
We are a coalition united in support of allowing North Carolina school districts to set school calendars locally to better meet the needs of communities and students.
North Carolina School Calendar History
In 2004, the North Carolina General Assembly took school calendar authority away from the state's local school districts. Today local school districts are required to follow inflexible mandates on when the school year can start and end. They are the only public educational entity required to follow such restrictions. The current calendar law says that calendar flexibility is good enough for public charter school students and families but it is not good enough for their traditional public school neighbors. Click here to read more..... 
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Lawmakers need to make #nccalflex a priority in 2019! #H375 or #H389 were 2 important school calendar flex bills from the 2017-18 session. School districts are being forced to schedule makeup days on weekends and holidays. Is this disruption fair to NC families with students in traditional public schools? Make your voice heard! #saveourholidays #savespringbreak #nccalflex #familiesmatter If calendar flexibility is good enough for charter school families, it is good enough for traditional school families! #faircalendars Latest School Calendar DevelopmentsHB951 was introduced to allow Lincoln County Schools to align its start date with its local community college. Thank you Rep. Saine!
SB810 was introduced to offer more flexibility to mountain districts that have missed a lot of school days due to bad weather. Thank you Sen. Randleman! Thank you to the NC Association of County Commissioners for joining our coalition! Welcome! Legislative Session The 2018 legislative session begins in May. Progress on #nccalflex was made as the House send the following 2 bills to the Senate. These bills can be taken up in 2018. HB375: allows ALL LEAs to start the school year as early as August 15 to align with their local community colleges. HB389: sets a pilot program up where 20 LEAs can start as early as August 10 for 3 years. The purpose is to collect data on how the earlier start date impacts student achievement and the economy. Talk to your Senators over the Fall and Winter and ask them to pass one of these bills! The General Assembly has started their 2017-18 session! 53 local calendar flexibility bills were filed for 82 different LEAs!
A legislative research division released a report on findings & recommendations on the school calendar law.
This year, many students had to take their 1st semester exams even though community colleges had already started their second semesters.
Thanks to a rigid and inflexible State school calendar law, 1st semester exams in high schools are pushed out into mid to late January while many community colleges are already starting their 2nd semesters by that point. Is this good for students? Is this good for families? Is this good for educators? Ask lawmakers to support calendar flexibility! |