From the ECS State Policy Database Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round

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 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 appropriation money, the state board must allow the local school board to operate the school on a state board-approved pilot full-y... 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 schooling, or other school scheduling models that do not allow for prolonged lapses in instructional time, in low-performing or... 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 continuously since the 2003-04 school year. Defines a Concept 6 program as one in which a district operates on a 3-trac... 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 only until July 1, 2008.... 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 of attendance in July and August shall be added to the month of September and any days of attendance in June shall be ad... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Year Round School Grant Program S.B. 1602 Requires the superintendent to comply with prescribed provisions of the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 in making calculations for the year-round school grant program. Excludes one classroom for the first 800 pupils at a schoolsite, or 2 classroo... More...