2023-2024 School Year Calendar Options-Public Comment
Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, districts will have four (4) options for establishing a school year calendar. Only one calendar can be implemented in a school year. Please select the one you would like to see implemented this upcoming school year.
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Traditional School Calendar-(Our current calendar format)-A traditional school calendar consists of 178 days of student-teacher interaction with “school day” defined as a day in which classes are in session and students receive at least six (6) hours of instructional time per day (or an average of 30 hours per week).  Districts that implement a traditional school calendar must schedule at least 5 make-up days in case of school closure for exceptional or emergency circumstances (Ark. Code Ann. § 6-10-106(f)) Traditional school calendars must adhere to Ark. Code Ann. § 6-10-106 uniform dates for beginning and end of school year; Ark. Code Ann. *
Alternate School Calendar-Legislation passed during the 2021 session (Act 688) allows for districts to implement an alternate school calendar that is based on instructional hours instead of instructional days.  Under an alternate school calendar, a school year shall consist of at least one thousand sixty-eight (1,068) hours of instructional time; plus at least thirty (30) make-up hours.  For the purposes of a public school district that implements an alternate school calendar under Ark. Code Ann. § 6-10-106(g), a school day is a day in which classes are in session and students are under the guidance and direction of a teacher or public school employee.  While there is not a minimum number of school days required to meet the one thousand sixty-eight (1,068) hours of instructional time, districts that implement an alternate school calendar must determine the number of daily instructional hours students will receive under the alternate calendar option and must establish an hour-to-day conversion based on a six-hour instructional day to determine student attendance, the number of days required in a teacher employment basic contract under § 6-17-2402(1), and to comply with official reporting period requirements.     *
4-Day Week School Calendar-Districts also have the option to adopt a 4-day week school calendar pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 6-10-117.  Under this option, a district must average thirty (30) hours per week. This can be met with four (4) 7 ½ hour instructional days. For districts electing to operate on a four-day week basis, the official reporting period for attendance shall be quarterly with the actual number of days counted in each period to be not less than thirty-two (32) days nor more than forty (40) days.  Some districts that are currently implementing a 4-day week calendar are still offering a 5th day educational option for students to provide academic interventions, enrichment activities, access to services, etc.   *
12 Month/Year Round School Calendar-A district may also choose a 12 month/year-round school calendar option as described in Ark. Code Ann. § 6-10-108.  This option, which is a “twelve-month year-round educational program,” means an educational program in which all students attend school no less than the number of days required by the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts (178 days; 6 hours of instruction daily or average 30 hours per week) between July 1 and June 30 of each school year and in which no vacation, including summer, lasts more than seven (7) weeks. T *
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