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Committee approves one‑year relief allowing districts extra calamity days and calendar flexibility
Summary
House Bill 241, designed to give school districts temporary flexibility after widespread flooding and weather-related closures, passed the committee with a committee substitute. The bill allows additional calamity days, use of variable calendars, and a commissioner waiver process for up to five severe-weather days for 2025 only.
House Bill 241, a one-year emergency measure to give school districts extra flexibility after extensive flooding and severe weather, advanced from the Senate Standing Committee on Education with a committee substitute.
Representative Tim Truitt presented the bill and described its purpose as temporary relief for districts that have exhausted regular calamity and non-traditional instruction (NTI) days. “What this bill does is it allows districts to add time to their day to get the kids in the seat. It will also allow five natural disaster days, severe weather days, in case…
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