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S.L. 2021-4

An Act to Provide Access to In-Person Learning for Students in North Carolina

General Assembly of North Carolina · North Carolina (State)

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Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
Session Law 2021-4 (Senate Bill 220)
Issued
2021-03-11 Mar. 11, 2021
Effective
2021-03-11 (in-person instruction required within 21 days) (read as 2021-03-11)
End
end of the 2020-2021 school year; contract provisions to 2021-09-15 (read as 2021-09-15)
In force
Mar. 11, 2021 to Sept. 15, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child care
Addressees
  • all local school administrative units
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction
  • RL remote learning option
  • WF workforce (parents)
Collection
North Carolina NC

Operative words

SECTION 1. All local school administrative units shall provide in-person instruction to students in grades kindergarten through 12... for the remainder of the scheduled 2020-2021 school year, beginning no later than the first instructional day scheduled in the adopted school calendar that occurs 21 days following the effective date of this act. SECTION 2... Local boards of education shall provide in-person instruction under either Plan A (Minimal Social Distancing), Plan B (Six Feet Social Distancing)... except that a local board shall provide the option to participate in Plan A instruction, at the discretion of the student's parent [for students with IEPs]... SECTION 6. This act is effective when it becomes law.

Enforcement

Statutory mandate; Plans A and B as defined in the StrongSchoolsNC Toolkit as of March 4, 2021

Notes

Sec. 2 requires a remote option for families and reporting of shifts to remote instruction; middle and high schools moving to Plan A must notify NCDHHS.

Retrieval note

Signed Mar. 11, 2021 (Husch Blackwell; session law header).