S.B. 2922 - School Year; School Days; Instructional Hours; Appropriation

• Requires public schools (excluding charter and multi-track schools) to maintain a 180-day school year for the 2011-2012 through 2014-2015 school years.

• Mandates lengthening the school year from 180 days to an unspecified number of days beginning with the 2015-2016 school year (specific day count left blank in bill text).

• Repeals all minimum student instructional hour requirements effective July 1, 2014, eliminating the 915-hour requirement for elementary schools and 990-hour requirement for secondary schools.

• Authorizes the Board of Education to grant waivers to individual schools from the school day requirements.

• Appropriates unspecified funds from general revenues to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2014-2015 to implement the Act, with an effective date of July 1, 2050.