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Policy committee highlights new state waiver option allowing minutes-based school calendars
Summary
Committee members noted a state flexibility waiver that would allow the district to adopt minutes-instruction rules instead of days, and asked staff to brief the board on waiver requirements and potential pilot ideas such as later start times or four-day student weeks.
Members of the Richmond Community Schools policy committee reviewed legislative updates that permit districts to seek a flexibility waiver to use minutes rather than days to meet instructional requirements and discussed potential scheduling options, including later start times and alternative calendars.
Why it matters: state guidance allows districts to apply for a waiver (flexibility request) so that instructional time can be measured…
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