Free Press staff Earlier this week, the State House approved House Bill 125 – School Calendar Flexibility/Lenoir County. The local bill was amended to give Lenoir, Pitt, Cumberland, Nash and Franklin County Schools the flexibility to set a calendar. “As a conservative, I believe good governance happens closest to its people,” said Rep. Humphrey, primary sponsor of H 125, in a news release. “Our local school boards are better equipped to decide what calendar our schools follow than anyone in Raleigh. House Bill 125 would return that authority to the local level and give them the flexibility to make those decisions.” Rep. Humphrey also voted to pass H 82 – Summer Learning Choice for NC Families, S220 – The Reopen Our Schools Act of 2021, and $1.6 billion in federal school safety funding to be distributed across North Carolina through Senate Bill 36.