Bill Would Allow School Boards to Set Their Own Calendars
Current law 'saves summers' but trumps local school board control
RALEIGH (By Kristy Bailey, Carolina Journal Online) — House Bill 175 would return control over school calendars to local boards of education. The legislation could mean a showdown between educators who disapprove of a one-size-fits-all approach for all 115 of the state's public school districts and business interests that pushed for a mandated statewide school calendar on the premise that it creates additional revenue from tourism.
H.B. 175 passed the first reading in the state House and was referred to the Committee on Education Feb. 25.
Under current law, passed in 2004, local school districts are barred from starting the school year before Aug. 25 and ending it after June 10. Former Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, D-Dare, who represented eight coastal counties in the state Senate until his resignation in January, pushed for the law on the premise that it would boost tourism.
RALEIGH (By Kristy Bailey, Carolina Journal Online) — House Bill 175 would return control over school calendars to local boards of education. The legislation could mean a showdown between educators who disapprove of a one-size-fits-all approach for all 115 of the state's public school districts and business interests that pushed for a mandated statewide school calendar on the premise that it creates additional revenue from tourism.
H.B. 175 passed the first reading in the state House and was referred to the Committee on Education Feb. 25.
Under current law, passed in 2004, local school districts are barred from starting the school year before Aug. 25 and ending it after June 10. Former Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, D-Dare, who represented eight coastal counties in the state Senate until his resignation in January, pushed for the law on the premise that it would boost tourism.
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