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Superintendent explains NTI limits and board approves calendar amendment to end student year May 29
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Michael Bacon explained constraints on using nontraditional instruction (NTI) and the district’s state-funding pressures, and the board approved a calendar amendment to make March 10 an instructional day and move a previously scheduled day to May 30, allowing the student year to end May 29.
At its February meeting, Bullitt County Superintendent Dr. Michael Bacon outlined why the district uses nontraditional instruction (NTI) selectively and asked the board to approve a calendar amendment intended to limit extension of the school year.
Dr. Bacon said legislative changes since the pandemic removed some of the district’s flexibility to close or place only part of the district on NTI; he told the board the district must meet state instructional requirements and is funded on average daily attendance. “We are required by law to get 10 62 instructional hours and 170 days of instruction,” Dr. Bacon said, and he provided an example of how attendance affects state funding:…
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