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LAUSD staff say required bank-time modules will be cut to seven and stress school flexibility for SEL
Summary
District instruction leaders told the Curriculum & Instruction Committee that a draft of memorandum 6015 will reduce required bank-time modules from 12 to seven and expand a choice board, while emphasizing principals' authority to tailor modules and embed planning time; teachers raised concerns about mandated "sanctioned" SEL time and supports for priority schools.
Los Angeles Unified School District administrators told the Curriculum & Instruction Committee that the district's bank-time professional development policy (Memorandum 6015, draft) will reduce the number of required modules and continue to emphasize school-level flexibility. Dr. Elizabeth Bernal, the district's administrator of elementary instruction, said the draft for 2026-27 reduces mandated modules from 12 to seven and maintains a roughly 50/50 split between district-determined and school-determined module topics.
"It's going down to seven," Bernal said, describing the proposed required modules as including literacy, math, science, English-learner supports, universal design for learning and MTSS; she said five of the seven are mandated by law or state requirements.…
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