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 has been granted a 1003 Flexibility Waiver, waiving compliance with I.C. 20-30-2-3 regarding school calendar. Therefore, the Corporation may measure the school year in instructional minutes rather than 180 instruction days in order to accommodate professional learning for all staff.
The Corporation's schools shall be open the required minutes according to State school aid 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 Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), all instructional time lost due to snow, fire, epidemics, health conditions, etc. shall not be counted as a part of the minimum instructional time for State aid and shall be made up by in-person instructional time or eLearning/virtual instructional time that meets the standards set by the (IDOE) and complies with State law.
The Superintendent shall submit to the IDOE the total number of actual instructional minutes no later than June 15th of each year.
Revised 8/15/19
Revised 5/21/20
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