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Board approves emergency instruction plan authorizing limited virtual learning days
Summary
Board approved a resolution allowing the district to operate virtually beyond the six state-provided calamity days, capped at an additional 15 virtual days; officials emphasized collective-bargaining limits and that the option is for emergencies only.
The Hamtramck Board of Education approved an emergency instruction plan that allows the district to operate virtually when it exceeds the state’s six calamity days, with a cap on additional virtual instruction of up to 15 days.
District staff explained the resolution supplements the state-provided six calamity days, and that exceeding those without a virtual option would otherwise require the district to make up days and risk state funding adjustments. The transcript records the district’s per-day funding rate as approximately $160,000 (the superintendent framed the fiscal exposure in those terms), and staff said the virtual option is intended to avoid extending the school year when possible.
Trustees questioned how the plan would interact with the collective bargaining agreement (CBA). A board member and district staff explained the CBA treats the first two closure days within the six as traditional snow days; beyond that, the district may pivot to virtual learning after consultation with the union within 24 hours. Board members asked whether the district could ever use the full 15 additional virtual days; staff clarified the cap is an upper limit and that the option would be used only for emergencies (examples discussed included severe weather or extended building heat failures). The board approved the resolution by voice vote.
