North Carolina SB 470: End Block Scheduling.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 470

Short Title: End Block Scheduling. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Moffitt and McInnis (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 25, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO END BLOCK SCHEDULING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-84.2 reads as rewritten: 4
"§ 115C-84.2. School calendar. 5
(a) School Calendar. – Each local board of education shall adopt a school calendar 6
consisting of 215 days all of which shall fall within the fiscal year. A school calendar shall include 7
the following: 8
... 9
(1b) A class schedule in which no class period or subject is scheduled for more 10
than 50 total minutes of instructional time per instructional day. 11
... 12
(a1) Report on School Start and Release Times. – As part of the reporting requirements 13
under the Uniform Education Reporting System pursuant to G.S. 115C-12(18), each local board 14
of education shall report to the State Board of Education on the following: 15
(1) The start time and release time for each school under control of the local board 16
of education. For the purposes of this subsection, "start time" shall mean the 17
time of day when academic classes begin for the majority of students enrolled 18
in the school, and "release time" shall mean the time of day when academic 19
classes end for the majority of students enrolled in the school. Each local 20
board of education shall also identify and include additional information in 21
the report regarding any schools that have a start time or release time that does 22
not conform to the definitions set forth in this subsection. 23
(2) A copy of the class period schedule for each school under control of the local 24
board of education that is in compliance with subdivision (a)(1b) of this 25
section. 26
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SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 28
the 2026-2027 school year. 29