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And yet 180 days is the most common requirement, as posted elsewhere. "The most common way that states regulate instructional time is to set a minimum number of days for the school year; 38 states and the District of Columbia do so. [b]The majority of those states (27 of 38), along with D.C., mandate 180 instructional days, making it the closest thing the country has to a national norm.[/b]"

And 180 is already too few for MCPS, which is failing its students.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/07/in-the-u-s-180-days-of-school-is-most-common-but-length-of-school-day-varies-by-state/[/quote]

Some of the states {those with a 2 subscript by the 180 (185 in NC, 186 in Kansas)} allow a specified number of hours to count as an alternative. 
2 District option to meet either minimum hours per school year or days per school year.

NOT LISTED on the site is that
Some of these states that require 180 days scheduled automatically forgive calamity days.
California requires 180 days but nobody has to make up days for fires, earthquakes or in some parts snow.
Michigan requires 180 days but the first 6 bad weather days are freebies and schools can get a waiver for 3 more.[/quote]

OK? I guess you're free to continue your crusade against public education. It's pretty weird, though.[/quote] How is that a crusade? I'm simply saying what other states require. Other than similar law states like NJ, CT, MA, maybe Michigan since they get a zillion snow days and schools have to make up over a week even with 9 days forgiven (6 freebies + 3 waivers) there is nothing to complain about in most laws. Having only 2 vacation weeks a school year is hard enough, losing two weeks of summer between how holidays fell and snow day makeups is terrible![/quote]

Check your facts again. A lot of states have instructional-day minimums that must be met in addition to hour/minute minimums.[/quote]

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