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Senate education committee adopts substitute replacing 180-day rule with 800-hour minimum for some nonpublic schools
Summary
The Senate Education Committee approved a committee substitute for Senate Bill 914 that replaces the prior 180-day/5-hours-per-day minimum with a minimum of 800 instructional hours for nonpublic schools exempt under exemption K, narrows certain state reporting requirements and removes penalties tied to low composite test percentiles.
The West Virginia Senate Education Committee on Monday agreed to a committee substitute for Senate Bill 914 that changes how instructional minimums are measured for nonpublic schools whose students are exempt from compulsory attendance under exemption K and alters how composite test results are handled.
The substitute removes the prior requirement that nonpublic schools observe a minimum instructional term of 180 days with an average of five hours of instruction per day and instead requires each school to “provide at a minimum 800 instructional hours.” It also requires that, upon…
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