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State officials outline instructional hours, waivers and school scheduling tools
Summary
OSPI and the State Board of Education reviewed Washington's statutory minimums for instructional hours and days, described common waiver types districts use and highlighted tools districts use to convert local bell schedules into state-funded full-time-equivalent calculations.
Becky Wallace, assistant superintendent of secondary education and pathway preparation at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), told the House Education Committee the statute around basic education sets the minimum instructional requirements districts must meet.
Wallace said the legislature and State Board of Education set the hour-and-day minimums that districts must follow and that OSPI provides calculation tools to convert local bell schedules into FTE and minutes. "The statute around basic education does set forth minimum instructional requirements, that's where the hours and days requirements come from," she said.
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