SB9 Summary

• Allows local boards of education to opt out of temporary academic school calendar parameters established by the Flexible School Calendar Act of 2012 by providing written notice to the State Superintendent of Education.

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

• Maintains the requirement that school boards provide at least 180 full instructional days or hourly equivalent, with the temporary calendar parameters applying from the 2012-2013 school year through the last day of the third month of the 2013-2014 school year.

• Exempts the bill from certain constitutional requirements regarding local expenditure mandates because it applies only to school board expenditures.

• Effective the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.