GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 703
AN ACT TO PERMIT THE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN AVERY AND WATAUGA COUNTIES TO SCHEDULE LONGER SCHOOL DAYS SO AS TO OFFSET DAYS LOST DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. A local board of education may schedule school days longer than the minimum required six instructional hours so as to offset days lost due to inclement weather. For the purposes of computing the length of the school term and determining pay of school personnel, every additional hour scheduled may be used to offset one-sixth of a school day lost due to inclement weather.
Sec. 2. This act applies only to the counties of Avery and Watauga. The boards of education of these two counties shall evaluate the educational effectiveness of this type of scheduling and shall report the results of this evaluation to the State Board of Education for the first two years following the ratification of this act.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification and shall apply to school years beginning with the 1983-84 school year.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of July, 1983.