The bill makes it easier to have high school final exams before winter break and satisfies the tourism industry by creating ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — The North Carolina Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would put stricter rules on school calendars.

School Calendar Flexibility: A New Alternative, known also as Senate Bill 754, puts two options before local school boards and adds compliance penalties for any of the 115 districts statewide that ...

If Senate Bill 754 becomes law, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools’ Board of Education would have to agree to not start ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would allow for more flexibility within school calendars, and hold school district officials accountable for breaking ...

The N.C. Senate Education Committee on Wednesday backed what’s being called a compromise bill that addresses the desire for school calendar flexibility and the needs of the tourism industry.

School calendar flexibility bills historically pass the state House but die in the Senate due to the lobbying of the tourism industry. But on Wednesday, the state Senate voted 39-7 to approve a ...