HB288 Summary

• Amends Section 16-13-231 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to allow local boards of education to opt out of temporary academic school calendar parameters by providing written notice to the State Superintendent of Education.

• Permits school boards to establish calendars with first day of instruction earlier than the Monday two calendar weeks before Labor Day (or August 17 if August 31 is a Monday) or last day of instruction later than the Friday immediately before Memorial Day.

• Maintains the requirement for at least 180 full instructional days or hourly equivalent, with flexibility to adjust teaching hours on specified instructional days.

• Excludes the bill from Amendment 621 constitutional requirements because expenditures are required only by school boards, not other local governmental entities.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.