A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide additional flexibility to certain local boards 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.
For days on which a student is absent from school prior to September 1 due to a family vacation, the student shall receive an excused absence and be given the opportunity to make up any tests or other work missed."
SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the Camden County, Currituck County, Edenton‑Chowan, Elizabeth City‑Pasquotank, Perquimans County, and Tyrrell County school administrative units.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2015‑2016 school year.