8210 - SCHOOL CALENDAR

The School Board recognizes that the preparation of a calendar for the instructional program of the schools is necessary for orderly educational planning and for the efficient operation of the School Corporation.

The Corporation's schools shall be open a total of 180 days for instructional purposes. For the purpose of receiving State school aid, schools are required to be open no fewer than 180 days annually if the instructional days are utilized or no fewer than 54,000 minutes annually in grades 1 through 6 and no fewer than 64,800 minutes in grades 7 through 12 if instructional minutes are utilized.

If the Corporation utilizes instructional days, a maximum of three (3) virtual school instructional days may be used to meet the 180-day requirement unless: 1) the virtual student instructional day includes a) teacher-directed synchronous instruction during the instructional time of a virtual student instructional day; or b) a hybrid of teacher-directed synchronous instruction for at least fifty percent (50%) of the particular instructional day and asynchronous learning during the instructional time of a virtual student instructional day; or 2) a waiver is requested and granted.

Unless a waiver is obtained from the State Department of Education, all days lost due to snow, fire, epidemics, health conditions, etc. cannot be counted as a part of the minimum days of instruction for State aid and must be made up by an in-person day or an eLearning / virtual instruction day that meets the standards set by the State Department of Education and complies with State law.

The Superintendent shall submit to the IDOE the total number of actual instructional days no later than June 15th of each year.

Revised 12/12/17
Revised 7/9/19
Revised 12/13/22

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