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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If true that this bill would cover future years, why is this happening under cover or pretense of helping with this year’s snow days? Reducing school days permanently is a BFD.   [/quote]

It's not happening under cover or simple pretense of helping with snow days.  Anne Arundel county's Bill passed last summer, and MCPS followed-up with a similar bill (in an effort to make this a universal in MD school systems).  It's just that the legislature is voting on the bill earlier than planned (and considering making it retroactive to this year) because it would create needed flexibility due to the snowcrete storm.  It's not new, it's not secret, and it's not unique.

Maryland is unusual in that it has two separate and unnecessary requirements for school systems to meet.  As long as we meet a minimum number of hours (there are also parameters in the current law for minimum and maximum hours allowed per day), there's no reason to do it in a particular number of days.  If this bill passed, we would not be able to move to a 4-day school week or do anything particularly drastic because of the parameters in the law regarding the actual school day structure.

We well exceed the minimum hourly requirement, even with the snow days we've had.[/quote]

Oh interesting.  Any links you can share regarding the Anne Arundel thing.[/quote]

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