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Committee approves expanding nontraditional instruction days from five to ten, adopts amendment protecting 'out of calendar' dates
Summary
A committee substitute for Senate Bill 646 would let county school systems opt into up to 10 nontraditional instruction (NTI) days per year instead of five. The committee adopted a conceptual amendment to prevent converting designated "out of calendar" days into instructional days and reported the substitute as amended to the full Senate.
A committee substitute expanding counties' ability to schedule nontraditional instruction days was agreed to by the committee and reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass after members adopted a conceptual amendment clarifying the use of calendar days.
Under the proposed substitute, county school boards may opt to include up to 10 nontraditional instruction (NTI) days on the school calendar. NTI days permit a county to deliver instruction through alternative methods (for example, packets or online activities) when schools are…
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