From the ECS State Policy Database Scheduling/School Calendar

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary AR To governor 02/2013 P-12 Common Statewide Spring Break H.B. 1134 Sets a common, statewide Spring Break holiday. Specifies holiday will begin on the 38th week of the school year. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.... More... WA Permanent Rules 12/2012 P-12 Waivers for 180 day school year WAC 180-18-040, 050 The Washington state board of education (SBE) is considering the adoption of criteria governing requests for waivers from the statutory requ... More... IA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 School Instructional Time Task Force S.F. 2284 - Division X This section requires the director of the Department of Education to appoint members to a school instructional time task force. The task for... More... LA Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Louisiana Seat Time Waiver LAC 28:CXV.907 and 1103 Amends §907, "Secondary Class Times and Carnegie Credit," and §1103, "Compulsory Attendance" to accommodate the newly developed Louisiana Se... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Increased Learning Time H.B. 4014 Provides that the public school system should provide and encourage increased learning time for increased instructional time, opportunities ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Full-Year School Plan H.B. 1415 Provides that if certain specified schools remain on academic watch status for two years, subject to the availability of federal appropriati... More... MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Length of School Year H.F. 26 Establishes a minimum number of hours for student instruction.  Sets the hours at 425 hours per year for kindergarten pupils, 935 hours for ... More... CA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 School Calendar Reduction for 2011-12 School Year A.B. 114 - School Calendar Reduction for 2011-12 School Year Adds new Section 46201.3 to specify (only if subdivision (c) of Section 3.94 of the Budget Act of 2011 is operative) that for the 2011–12 sc... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Exception to School Start Date H.B. 1555 Permits a district to begin instruction before the fourth Monday of August at a single campus or at not more than 20% of campuses in the dis... More... NV Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 School Year A.B. 117 Under existing law, each school district is required to schedule and provide annually a minimum of 180 days of school and a charter school i... More... TN Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 School Closures S.B. 449 Prohibits charging a teacher with a day of leave for any day on which the teacher's school or school district is closed because of natural d... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Study Length of School Year H.B. 765 Establishes a Blue Ribbon Task Force to study the length of the school year, cost of implementation, current cost of remediation, effects cu... More... HI Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Length of Instructional Year H.B. 945 Excludes multi-track public schools from the 180-day school year requirement. Repeals provision requiring the 180-day instructional year to ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Remediation H.B. 192 - Remediation Extends for 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years a provision waiving the state from specified reimbursement for additional days of instruction f... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Middle School Program H.B. 192 - Middle School Program Amends grade configurations and other criteria that qualify schools for participation in the middle school program. Repeals provision requir... More... NH Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Definition of Length of School Year H.B. 112 Provides that the number of days in the school year may be defined by the department of education in rules which specify an equivalent numbe... More... NC Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 School Calendar H.B. 197 Requires each board of education to adopt a school calendar with a minimum of either 180 days or 1,000 hours of instruction covering at leas... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 School Calendar S.B. 1256--School Calendar Amends Arizona Revised Statute Section 15-802 to state that if a child attends a school that is operated on a year-round basis, the child sh... More... HI Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Exception to Single School Calendar for All Schools S.B. 1171 Provides that the single school calendar for all public schools does not apply to schools designated by the board of education in furtheranc... More... OH Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Calamity Days H.B. 36 To amend sections 3313.482, 3314.08, and 3317.01 of the Revised Code to excuse up to five, instead of three, calamity days for the 2010-2011... More... ND Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Emergency Closures H.B. 1030 Provides that if a public school or district remains closed or provides less than a full day of instruction because of severe weather or oth... More... MS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Veterans' Day S.B. 2659 Directs public schools to conduct exercises in honor of Armistice Day (Veterans' Day). http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/S... More... KS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School for the Deaf and Blind H.B. 2078 Allows the School for the Blind to conduct training programs year round. Current law does not prohibit the School for the Deaf from conducti... More... CA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Shortening School Year by 5 Days S.B. 70 - Sec. 46201.2 Extends through 2014-15 school year the provision allowing a school district, county office of education or charter school to shorten its in... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Studying Extended School Year S.B. 711 Directs the interim Senate Committee on Education and the interim House Committee on Education to jointly study issues relevant to the adopt... More... KY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Lost Instructional Days H.B. 427 - Lost Instructional Days Section 2: Permits the commissioner of education to grant up to the equivalent of 10 instructional days for school years 2010-11 and 2011-12... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 "Good Cause" Waiver from post-Labor Day Opening H.B. 1483 Adds to the ''good cause" circumstances for which school divisions may be granted a waiver from the post-Labor Day school opening schedule a... More... MS Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Exemption from Minimum School Calendar H.B. 1156 Exempts certain school districts from the requirement to operate schools for the minimum of 180 days in the event of extreme weather conditi... More... VA Issued 02/2011 P-12 Efficacy of Year-Round Schools H.J.R. 646 Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the efficacy of year-round schools, specifically reviewing: (i) the Board... More... AR Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Scheduling First Day of School H.B. 1099 Allows districts flexibility in establishing first day of school, to be on or after the Monday of the 24 week in which August 19 falls; (ii)... More... AR Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Common Spring Break H.B. 1224 Extends through the 2013 school year the term and duties of the advisory committe on common spring break. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ass... More... HI Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Restoring Instructional Days for 2010-11 School Year S.B. 2124 Appropriates Hawaii hurricane relief fund moneys to make funds available to restore instructional days for the 2010-11 school year if an agr... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Postsec. Miscellaneous H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions Exempts private schools approved by the department of education's division of special education prescribed in the pupil's individualized edu... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Race to the Top Legislation - Innovative School Scheduling Models H.B. 439 Requires the state board of education to explore the use of innovative school scheduling models, including extended year, year-round schooli... More... TN Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Instructional Time Adjustments S.B. 3031 As enacted, allows local education agencies greater flexibility in extending the school day in order to offset days used for professional de... More... CA Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2010 P-12 Reducing Instructional Days without Incurring Penalties Title 5 CCR Sections 19824, 19851, 19854 Amends three sections of the audit guide to bring the regulations into conformance with legislation enacted effective July 28, 2009 (Assembl... More... Vetoed 03/2010 P-12 County School Calendar Committee H.B. 4652 Requires each county superintendent to create a county school calendar committee to develop multiple school calendar options for presentatio... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Waiving Post Labor Day Start Requirement H.B. 557/S.B.253 Provides that a requirement that the school calendar begin after Labor Day may be waived by the Board of Education, provided the school boar... More... ME Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Draft Model Academic Year Calendars H.B. 1100 Establishes a working group of K-12 school officials, primarily superintendents and career and technical education directors, to prepare dra... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 School Start Date S.B. 253/H.B. 557 Relates to opening of the school year; provides that the requirement that the school calendar begin after Labor Day may be waived by the Boa... More... WV Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 School Calendar/Guarantee 180 Days of Instruction H.B. 4040 Requires county boards to adopt contingency plans designed to guarantee one hundred eighty separate days of instruction for students and to ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Harvey Milk Day S.B. 572 Provides that the Governor proclaims May 22 of each year as Harvey Milk Day and would designate that date as having special significance in ... More... WA Rule Adoption 09/2009 P-12 Learning Improvement WAC 392-140-950, -956, -961, -962 Reduces the number of state-funded learning improvement days from two to one for the 2009-10 school year and thereafter. Makes housekeeping ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Holidays, Inservice and Parent-Teacher Conference Days S.B. 1956 Amends provisions concerning average daily attendance under the state aid formula. Makes changes with respect to days that are used for an i... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Moment of Silence on Veterans' Day H.B. 972 Provides that if a public school, university, or community college holds any type of event at the institution on November 11, Veterans' Day,... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School Funding Advisory Council H.B. 1 - Section 3306.29, 3306.291 and 3306.292 Section 3306.29: Establishes the Ohio school funding advisory council. Directs the council, by December 1, 2010 and every other year thereaf... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Flexible School Day Program Courses H.B. 1297 Relates to optional flexible school day program courses offered by school districts to enable students to earn course credit under certain c... More... MO Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School term S.B. 291- School Flex Program Attendance Allows a school term for students participating in a school flex program as established in section 160.539 to consist of a combination of ac... More... MO Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Minimum Length of School Days/Year S.B. 291 - School Calendar Defines "school term" as a minimum of 174 school days for schools with a 5-day school week or a minimum of 142 school days, as that term 35 ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Waivers for Makeup Days S.B. 899 Provides that in the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreak of illness affective or endangering students or staff during a school y... More... MO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Inclement Weather Days H.B. 682 Modifies the number of school days to be made up due to inclement weather. http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/hb682.h... More... ME Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Annual School Calendar S.B. 86 Directs the Department of Education to provide by rule for a school calendar that is based upon a minimum annual number of hours that is equ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Authorization of Four-Day School Week H.B. 193 Allows districts to provide the equivalent of a 180-day school year. Provides that beginning in the 2010-11 school year, schools may be clos... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Instructional Days H.B. 1400 - Calendar Section For 2009-10, requries 180 days in the calendar, with 173 days used for instruction. Three must be used for holidays; up to two must be used ... More... OK Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Component of the Six-Year Plan OAC 210:15-8-3 Requires all schools to complete the self-examination on their use of school time and assess the amount of time spent on quality instruction... More... OK Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Length of the School Year H.B. 1864 Changes length of the school year from 180 days to 1,080 hours each school year. Limits professional activities to no more than 30 hours eac... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Make Up Days S.B. 814 Relates to inclusion of five make-up days for days lost due to exceptional or emergency circumstances in each school district's academic cal... More... NM Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Clarifies Length of School Day H.B. 691 Clarifies the school year and length of school day. Kindergarten, for half-day programs, two and one-half hours per day or, for full-day pro... More... AR To governor 03/2009 P-12 Veteran's Day H.C.R. 1017 Encourages Schools to raise awareness of the sacrifices that veterans have made for our country by having a school assembly to commemorate v... More... AR Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Common Spring Break Within Districts S.B. 226 Establishes a common spring break for all state public schools in each school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/... More... KY Adopted 01/2009 P-12 Approval of Innovative Alternative School Calendars 702 KAR 7:130 Specifies that the commissioner of education will approve a district's request for approval of an innovative alternative school calendar pro... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 After school programs A.B. 1526 Repeals a provision of the After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002 that makes a continuous annual appropriation to the Departm... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Year-Round School Grant Program S.B. 658 Provides for the phase out of the Year-Round School Grant Program by reducing the grant amounts each fiscal year until a specified fiscal ye... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Weather-related and Other School Closures H.B. 4309 Provides that if, during any school day, a school district closes one or more school buildings due to a condition beyond the control of the ... More... CA Vetoed 07/2008 P-12 After school program A.B. 2843 Relates to the After School Education and Safety Program Act which requires that each component of a program established pursuant to the act... More... OK Adopted 07/2008 P-12 SIX-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL EDUCATION PLAN OAC 210:15-8-3 Proposes rules to require all schools to complete the self-examination on their use of school time and to assess the amount of time spent on... More... KY Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Approval of Innovative Alternative School Calendars 702 KAR 7:130 Establishes uniform procedures for approval of innovative alternative school calendars. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/702/007/130reg.htm... More... WV Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Changes to Policy 2510 Title 126, Series 42 From the introduction to the adopted rules: "Revisions were needed in Policy 2510 to allow local school districts greater flexibility in th... More... AL Adopted 05/2008 P-12 Graduation Requirements and Other Changes 290-3-1-.02 Increases the minimum number of teaching days in the school year from 175 to 180 (in compliance with 2003 S.B. 4). Permits secondary school ... More... OK Adopted 05/2008 P-12 Parent-Teacher Conference Days OAC 210:10-1-5 Amends rules to clarify and limit the number of parent-teacher conference days that can be counted for attendance purposes as regular school... More... OH Signed into law 12/2007 P-12 Penalty for Inducing Panic; Calamity Days H.B. 142 Increases the penalty for inducing panic to a felony of the second degree when a school or an institution of higher education is involved; p... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Facilities S.B. 121 Requires an applicant school district for new construction to submit to the State Allocation Board a one-time report of existing school buil... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Special Committee to Study the Calendar H.J.R. 147 Creates special committee to study traditional school calendar. Expires February 1, 2008. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Year H.B. 126 Revises the definitions of standard school, elementary school, high school, and the number of days of school. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.u... More... VT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Uniform Statewide School Calendar H.B. 15 Directs the commissioner of education to announce a uniform statewide school calendar each year. Creates a "calendar committee" to develop a... More... WA Adopted 06/2007 P-12 School Closures & Emergency Proclamations WAC 392-129-105 Emergency rule concerning school closures during states of emergency; indicates that when a school district is closed in a county in which a... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Alternative Schedules S.B. 151 Expands the circumstances under which a school district in a county whose population is 100,000 or more may apply for an alternative schedul... More... MI Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Instructional Hours Requirement S.B. 95 Revises the requirement for instructional hours in school code to conform to school aid act. The bill would delete provisions in the Revised... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Length of the School Year S.B. 311 -- Sec. 3313.48 Changes school year from not less than 182 days to 455 hours (for half-day kindergarten; 910 hours for full-day kindergarten); 910 hours for... More... TX Adopted 08/2006 P-12 Optional Extended Year Program 19 TAC 2.105.AA.105.1001 Amends rules relating to the optional extended year program for students in kindergarten through grade eleven who are identified as likely n... More... SD Active 05/2006 P-12 Start of School Year Date Restrictions Measure 3 (V. 6) (Initiated Measure 3) Restricts the start of a regular school term prior to the last day of August. On 11/07/2006 Ballot. http://www.sdsos.... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Start of School Year H.B. 7087 (Section 11) Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the opening date for schools in Florida districts may not be earlier than 14 days before Labor Day... More... WI Vetoed 04/2006 P-12 Minimum Hours in School Year A.B. 84 Eliminates provision that school year include 180 school days. Replaces with provisions defining school year as minimum hours of instructio... More... SC Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School Calendar H.B. 4429 Adds new Section 59-1-425.    Authorizes local boards to establish an annual school calendar. The statutory school term is one hundred ninet... More... WI Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Reporting of Hours of Direct Pupil Instruction Act No. 252 Current law requires at least 437 hours of direct pupil instruction in kindergarten, at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in gra... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Reduced Aid for Reduced Days S.B. 66, H.B. 349 Relates to reduction of state aid when the length of the school term is below 180 days or 990 hours; provides for a declared state of emerge... More... LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Minimum School Year H.B. 21A Exempts schools from minimum 180-day school year for the 2005-2006 school year. Authorizes the state board of education to adopt rules for ... More... LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Minimum Instructional Time H.B. 33A Waives minimum instructional time requirements in the 2005-2006 school year for any city, parish, or other local public school or district t... More... FL Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Required Annual Calendar for Schools and Colleges FAC 6A-10.019 Each district school board, each community college district board of trustees, and each university board of trustees must adopt an annual ca... More... RI Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Length of the School Day Sections 1 to 7 Establishes rules governing the length of the school day. Outlines requirements, and compliance for the length of elementary and secondary s... More... CA Signed into law 08/2005 Postsec. Observance of Veterans Day for California State University A.B. 720 An act to add Section 89005.7 to the Education Code, relating to the California State University. Requires every campus of the California St... More... TN Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Study of Start/End School Year Dates S.B. 516 Requires the select oversight committee on education to examine and study the dates for starting and ending the school year in public school... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Athletic Competitions That Impact Testing Dates S.B. 658 From bill analysis: Prohibits University Interscholastic League (UIL) area, regional, or state competitions from being held the week of, or ... More... NC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 AN ACT to give FLEXIBILITY to make up instructional days missed during the 2004‑2005 school year H.B. 415 If, due to inclement weather, a local board of education complies with this subdivision by scheduling 1,000 hours of instruction on less tha... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Instructional Support and Enhancement S.B. 94 Senate Bill 94 eliminates a requirement that activities on instructional support and enhancement (ISE) days be scheduled in a certain order.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 S.B. 1044 (sections 14-15) Repeals provision that notation must be made on a student's transcript to indicate each special education class included on the transcript. ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Elections S.B. 7 Includes the day of primary elections as a day in which schools are closed. http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/SB7.htm... More... MT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Flexibility In School Calendar S.B. 170 Relates to Flexibility in school calendar and PIRD. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/SB0170.htm... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Legislative Task Force H.C.R. 55 Creates a legislative task force to examine the effect of school calendars on Kentucky's tourism industry and the potential effect that chan... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Instructional School Day Reconfiguration S.B. 2066 Relates to reconfiguration of instructional days by school districts. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAIM0300.pdf... More... NV Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Scheduling contingent school days S.B. 202 This bill provides a school district with various methods for scheduling the contingent school days. The school district may schedule the 3 ... More... NV Temporary Rule Adoption 10/2004 P-12 School Calendar NAC 387.120, .140 Relates to school calendars.NEVADA REG 3637 (SN) http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/nac%2D387.html#NAC387Sec120 ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Kindergarten Scheduling A.B. 2407 Authorizes a school district that is implementing an early primary program to maintain kindergarten classes at different school sites within... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Concept 6 Program A.B. 1550 Commencing with the 2004-05 school year, bars a school district from operating a Concept 6 program unless the district operated such program... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 School Districts: Four-Day School Week S.B. 1138 Authorizes specified school districts to operate one or more schools in their districts on a 4-day school week, so long as the school distri... More... NC Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 School Calendar and Teacher Workdays H.B. 1464 Reduces the number of noninstructional teacher workdays by five; provides that public schools shall open after august 25 and close not after... More... CA Vetoed 07/2004 P-12 School Districts: Four-Day School Week S.B. 1142 Deletes the reduction in base revenue limit funding that results to certain school districts for offering less than 180 days of instruction.... More... DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Legal Holidays S.B. 186 Clarifies that Veteran's Day is intended to be a legal holiday for students and employees of public schools. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LI... More... AK Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Required Number of Instruction Days or Hours S.B. 239 Relates to the number of instruction days or hours in a school year; provides exceptions to the mandatory school year. http://www.legis.stat... More... CT Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 School Construction Funding and Graduation Dates S.B. 343 Provides that if a town, whose school district is the priority district with the largest student enrollment, uses federal funds to finance s... More... WI Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Special Observance Days and Schools S.B. 526 Relates to special observance days and schools; adds March 17th to the list of special days for the The Great Hunger in Ireland from 1845 to... More... ME Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Summer Employment for Youth H.P. 1446 Requires school administrative units to develop and approve plans for a regional school calendar in its career and technical center and scho... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Completion of Contract/Accrual of Service Credit During Emergency Days S.B. 28 Requires school districts that missed school days due to emergencies, including weather-related emergencies, to consider certified and class... More... UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 School Professional development Days H.B. 100 This bill: creates a pilot program to evaluate the effects on student academic achievement of reducing the minimum school term established b... More... GA Adopted 11/2003 P-12 Instructional Extension GAC 160-4-2-.14 Clarifies rules regarding instructional extension, a state-funded instructional program beyond the regular school day to address the academi... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Year-Round Scheduling A.B. 560 Conditions the authority to operate a school program of year-round scheduling on the governing board of the school district adopting a resol... More... MI Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Reduction in Minimum Instructional Year in Hours H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions) Establishes minimum number of annual instructional time for full state funding as 1,098 hours. (Previous state law, statute 380.1284, estab... More... CA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Vocational Education A.B. 774 Existing law requires the minimum day in specified vocational education programs to consist of 4 periods totaling at least 180 minutes in du... More... LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Requirements for Instructional Time for Schools H.B. 457 Specifies that for the 2002-03 school year and thereafter, the requirements governing the minimum length of the school day and year do not a... More... MI Vetoed 06/2003 P-12 Minimum School Year in Hours and 4-Day School Week S.B. 364 For purposes of eligibility to receive state aid, changes minimum day requirements to minimum hour requirements, thus requiring each distric... More... MO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Year Start Date S.B. 686 (§ 171.031) Eliminates provision requiring first day of school to be on September 1 or later. http://www.senate.mo.gov/03INFO/bills/SB686.htm... More... AZ Line item vetoed 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Budget Reconciliation Education H.B. 2534 Creates budget reconciliation for education and includes the following provisions: Prohibits the State Board of Education from sponsoring ad... More... AL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Foundation Program S.B. 4 Foundation Program revised: minimum school days increased to 180 days by 2008, allocation for professional days and leave, additional instru... More... NC Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Veterans Day H.B. 421 Makes veterans day a holiday for school personnel.... More... GA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Assessment, Maximum Class size, Instruction, Revenue S.B. 249 Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test quest... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Instruction time and school calendar Uncodified Amends required time for instruction and school calendar; establishes emergency rules regarding the amendment to Standards of Accreditation.... More... MS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Calendar Requirements S.B. 2404 Exempts schools from the required 180-day minimum school calendar for time missed due to emergencies; continues to pay school districts full... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Additional Time for Instruction H.B. 2655 Provides teachers with additional time for instructional purposes. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2655.pdf... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Emergency Amendment to Standards of Accreditation ADE 153 Allow the Arkansas State Board of Education to waive the minimum of 178 days required in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public ... More... MO Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Inclement Weather Exceptions for School Attendance H.B. 554 Allows a district to be exempt in the 2002-03 school year from the requirement to make up school days canceled due to inclement weather afte... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Day Requirement S.B. 289 Applies the 6-hour school day requirement to first grade. (Section 1-111. A. A school day shall consist of not less than six (6) hours de... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Home Visits and Conferences H.B. 68 Provides time for home visits and parent-teacher conferences in kindergarten through grade five.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Four Day School Week H.B. 2806 Authorizes a school board to approve a four-day school week under certain conditions, so long as a minimum of 990 hours of instructional tim... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School Make-Up Days S.B. 132 Allows the state commissioner of education to approve five disaster days for a school district that was closed at least ten days due to disa... More... NJ Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 School Budget and Election Calendar Change S.B. 861 Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to change any date in the school budget and election calendar due to a conflict with a day of relig... More... MT Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 School on Saturdays in Emergencies H.B. 78 Transfers the authority for approving the conduct of school on Saturday in the case of an emergency from the Superintendent of Public Instru... More... NE Signed into law 01/2003 P-12 Education L.B. 67 One provision allows the state board to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to define school day and other appropriate units of the s... More... SC Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Uniform Start Dates 43-142 Establishes a 10-day window in late August and early September during which all South Carolina public schools would have to open.  Schools w... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Waivers for Penalties A.B. 1227 Relates to existing law which authorizes the Board of Education to waive the fiscal penalties for a school district or county board of educa... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Length of School Year A.B. 2027 Continues to allow school districts to operate a program of multitrack year-around scheduling for as few as 163 days in each fiscal year onl... More... IL Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Year-Round School Aid S.B. 1524 Amends the State aid formula provisions of the School Code. Provides that in districts in which all buildings hold year-round classes, days ... More... CA Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Supplemental Instruction in Fresno Unified School District A.B. 1285 Allows Fresno Unified School District to apply for a waiver from certain regulations so as to allow the district to use designated funds for... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Minimum Instructional Hours Per School Year H.B. 2484 Requires school districts and charter school operating on approved alternative calendars to comply with annual hours of instruction requirem... More... AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Memorial Day H.B. 24 Requires K-12 public schools and public 2-year postsecondary institutions to be closed on Memorial Day. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.u... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Election Officers and Excused Absence for Election Day Served H.B. 251 Provides that minors who are seventeen years old and who will become eighteen years old on or before the day of the regular election may ser... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School Closings for Primary Elections H.B. 529 Permits school closings for primary elections.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Excused Absence for Participation in Burial Honor Guard Program H.B. 231 Establishes a burial honor guard program for veteran's funerals; establishes the veterans' service organization burial honor guard trust fun... More... MI Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Prohibition Against Schools Being in Session on Friday Before Labor Day H.B. 4491 Public Act 167., Provides that the board of a school district, local art school district, public school academy or intermediate school distr... More... CA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Kindergarten Students in a Year-Round School A.B. 764 Authorizes a pupil in a kindergarten in a school operating on a program of multitrack year-round scheduling to be kept in school on any day ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Increase of Minimum Instructional Days H.B. 458 , Increase the minimum number of instructional school days per school year in public elementary and secondary schools form 175 to 177.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Requirement for Make-Up Days Due to Employees Failing to Appear for Work S.B. 702 , Requires make-up days when school board closes school as the result of school employees threatening or failing to appear for work.... More... MO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Designation of Lifelong Learning Month S.B. 201 Requires the Governor to annually proclaim February lifelong learning month; recommends that the month be observed with appropriate activiti... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Starting, Ending Dates S.B. 108 A school district may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the week in which August 21 falls. Sunday is considered t... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Veterans' Week Observation S.B. 277 Public Law No. 100., 96 (LD 988) Provides for the observance of Veterans' Week each year in each political subdivision, school system and sc... More... KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Calendar Requirements S.B. 108 Requires that school districts adopt a school calendar designating opening and closing dates and instructional days and permitting the sched... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill--Lengthens School Year S.B. 308 Section 30, requires that by 2001-2002 budgets reflect a school year of at least 190 days. 180 days are for instruction and ten days are for... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Summer education program H.B. 53 Establishing the Maryland Educational Opportunity Summer Pilot Program; authorizing a county board of education to develop a proposal for ed... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Flexible Calendars H.B. 35 Provides for all school districts to implement flexible school calendars.... More... SC Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Alternative Certification, Adds Days to the School Year, Teacher Evaluation S.B. 1111 Adds 3 days for the next 2 school years and 2 more days for all school years thereafter; provides that the State Board of Education shall re... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Possible Change In the School Calendar A.B. 2162 Adjusts the prescribed dates, and would provide that the school action plan pursuant to the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools P... More... MN Signed by governor 05/2000 P-12 School Year Start Date H.B. 3800 For the 2000-2001 year only, a school district must not begin the elementary or secondary school year prior to Labor Day. However, a distric... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Coordinates Spring Breaks H.B. 2728 (Omnibus Bill) State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Director of the State Department of Vocational and Technical Education, and the Chancellor f... More... ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 School Recess H.B. 636 Amends existing law to delete noninstructional from recess time as it relates to the option of a local school board or trustees to approve a... More... MD Vetoed 03/2000 P-12 President's Day H.B. 415, SB 648 Establishes President's Day as a public school holiday in the State.... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 School Calendar S.B. 178 This bill changes the minimum required time in school for 4th through 12th graders from 175 days to 962.5 hours. The Board of Education wil... More... KY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day H.B. 347 Requires schools to be closed on the third Monday of January in observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.; permits districts to ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Grants for Extending School Year S.B. 545 Creates the Extended School Year Incentive Program and Fund, from such funds as may be appropriated, to be administered by the Board of Educ... More...