North Carolina SB 971: Statewide Year-Round School Study.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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SENATE BILL 971

Short Title: Statewide Year-Round School Study. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Burgin and Corbin (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
May 4, 2026
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO STUDY THE 2
FEASIBILITY AND POTENTIAL OUTCOMES OF A STATEWIDE YEAR-ROUND 3
SCHOOL CALENDAR. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. The Department of Public Instruction shall study and make 6
recommendations on the feasibility and potential outcomes of a statewide year-round school year, 7
including analysis of the following: 8
(1) Educational outcomes. 9
(2) Summer learning loss. 10
(3) Testing administration. 11
(4) Dual enrollment in community college courses for high school students. 12
(5) Travel and tourism participation and revenues. 13
(6) Seasonal employment. 14
(7) Extracurricular learning opportunities and camps. 15
(8) Scheduling for families and communities. 16
(9) Implementation considerations. 17
(10) Building utilization. 18
(11) Any other area the Department deems relevant to the feasibility and potential 19
outcomes of a statewide year-round school calendar. 20
SECTION 2. The Department of Public Instruction shall submit a report on the 21
results of its study, including any proposed legislation, to the Joint Legislative Education 22
Oversight Committee no later than February 1, 2027. 23
SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 24
Public Instruction the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 25
2026-2027 fiscal year for costs associated with conducting the study and preparing the report 26
required by this act. 27
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 28