---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Calendar Flexibility/Inclement Weather."
description: "School Calendar Flexibility/Inclement Weather."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 636"
citation: "North Carolina HB 636 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CALENDAR", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WEATHER", "REP. HAIRE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-17"
last_action: "2010-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cc0ce92-e740-4999-bfc2-0b945536976e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H636&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e93d0dc0c98886f2f28ccf85f1eda5d6672fbca4c681e09a9a8405e206e8ba87"
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 636 (2009) — 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H636v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H636v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H636v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H636v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H636v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H636v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-06-23** Ch. SL 2010-10 `became-law`
- **2010-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-14** Ratified
- **2010-06-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2010
- **2010-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-09** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-08** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-08** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Re-ref Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-07** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Pre-School, Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cc0ce92-e740-4999-bfc2-0b945536976e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).