HB 151 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

School Calendar Flexibility/Wake/Community Colleges.

HB 151 permits Wake County Schools to align their academic calendar with the schedule of local community colleges, removing the standard requirement that schools open no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and close no later than the Friday closest to June 11. This specifically applies only to Wake County Schools and takes effect for the 2025-2026 school year. The bill modifies existing law to allow this calendar alignment without needing a "good cause" waiver for weather-related closures. It directly affects Wake County students, staff, and community colleges by creating a coordinated academic schedule.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Feb 21, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 4 edits

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This bill was filed and progressed from its initial filing to Edition 1, with administrative updates to the header and sponsor information. The substantive policy content of the bill remains unchanged in this version, as the diff only shows formatting and metadata updates rather than legislative text modifications.

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Header formatting was updated to include the session year and bill number in a standardized format.

Additional sponsors (Longest, Dahle, and Johnson-Hostler) were added to the sponsor list, and a reference to the General Assembly website was included for a complete list.

The referral information was updated to include specific committee assignments (Education-K-12, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) and a date of February 21, 2025.

The bill identifier was updated from DRH40111-NH-46 to H151-v-1 to reflect the new edition version.

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Committee

Feb 21, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

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Feb 18, 2025

Introduced

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3 primary · 15 co-sponsors