Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the Carolina Journal. The author of this post is Johnny Kampis. As state lawmakers try to sort out when students can go back to school full time, members of the House are sponsoring a bill that would offer a voluntary summer school program for North Carolina students. House Republicans held a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 16, to discuss their bill, which allows local school districts to develop their own plans but holds certain requirements — students must be offered instruction at least five hours a day for five days a week over six weeks this summer, and lunch and physical activity must be incorporated into the school day.