Logistics of lawmakers' proposed summer school quickly changing [View all]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Days after legislation was filed to require school districts across North Carolina to provide an extended summer school to help students who struggled with online classes during the coronavirus pandemic, details of the program have already changed.
House Bill 82 initially called for six weeks of full-time, in-person learning. But that has been reworked into 150 hours of instruction to align better with year-round calendars and other summer school plans districts have in the works.
Lawmakers expect other tweaks to the plan as educators react to it and as the bill progresses through the House and the Senate.
Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that it's too early for him to comment on specifics of the idea.
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