SB290 Summary

• Removes temporary academic school calendar parameters that were limited to the 2013-2014 school year, allowing permanent flexibility in calendar scheduling.

• Permits local boards of education to meet the minimum 180 full instructional days requirement through an hourly equivalent of 1080 instructional hours instead of strict calendar days.

• Eliminates the requirement that instruction begin no earlier than the Monday two weeks before Labor Day and end no later than the Friday before Memorial Day, shifting decision-making authority to local boards.

• Maintains provisions allowing local boards to adjust school calendars in extreme circumstances involving natural disasters, health emergencies, or other extenuating circumstances, with State Superintendent approval.

• Bill excludes itself from Amendment 621 constitutional requirements by limiting expenditure mandates to school boards only, with no impact on other local governmental entities.