HB 74 SCHOOL BOARDS DETERMINE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS

Rep Gail "Missy" Armstrong

Actions: HPREF [2] not prntd-HRC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 House Bill 74 (HB 74) amends Public Schools to clarify that local school boards and governing bodies of charter schools shall determine the total number of instructional days that students are required to be in school programs.
 

 House Bill 74 in SECTION 1 amends Public Schools Section 22-2-8.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1986, Chapter 33, Section 2, to insert into the title: LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OR GOVERNING BODY OF A CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORITY

Subsection A is amended to insert the following text: 
… provided that the local school board of a school district or governing body of a charter school shall determine the total number of instructional days per year and the number of instructional days per week that students shall be in school programs. 

 Current Public Schools statute is unclear that local school boards and governing bodies of charter schools shall determine the total number of instructional days.