MN SF1743

School districts and charter schools that canceled school during the 2018-2019 school year due to health and safety concerns may count those canceled days as instructional days for calculating school year hours, days, and average daily membership.

Districts that would not meet minimum instructional requirements without counting canceled days must report to the commissioner of education detailing the number of days and hours counted to meet requirements.

Districts counting canceled days as instructional days must either allow affected employees to work a designated makeup day at normal pay rates or compensate them directly at their normal rate of pay for unworked days.

Contract employers providing student-related services must be notified of which days are counted as instructional days and must compensate their eligible employees at normal rates for lost pay if they agree to do so; the school district must then fully reimburse the contract employer.

For the 2018-2019 school year only, probationary teachers must complete a minimum of 120 days minus the number of canceled instructional days that were counted, rather than the standard 120-day requirement.