---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Calendar Flexibility/Inclement Weather."
description: "School Calendar Flexibility/Inclement Weather."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "North Carolina HB 197 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CALENDAR", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "WEATHER", "REP. WEST", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FRYE", "REP. RAPP", "REP. JORDAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frye", "Jordan", "Rapp"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-28"
last_action: "2011-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b1ae558-7933-4210-8b6e-9d77dda68982"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H197&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "749c2ee6d7f70390512c26e5dc44421921086a494fe1a8ce329cb98161daf171"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 197 (2011) — School Calendar Flexibility/Inclement Weather.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H197v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H197v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H197v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H197v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-93** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H197v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frye — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Rapp — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-05-26** Ch. SL 2011-93 `became-law`
- **2011-05-26** Signed By Gov. 5/26/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-18** Pres. To Gov. 5/18/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-05-17** Ratified
- **2011-05-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2011
- **2011-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-05** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2011
- **2011-05-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-29** Rec From House
- **2011-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2011
- **2011-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-01** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b1ae558-7933-4210-8b6e-9d77dda68982`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).