HB396 Alabama 2018 Session

Under existing law, each local board of education is required to establish a local school calendar providing 180 instructional days, or the hourly equivalent thereof

This bill would require each local board of education to establish a local school calendar providing 1050 instructional hours beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, and would require that teacher salaries remain at existing levels

This bill would also require that the first day of instruction for students begin no earlier than the Monday two weeks before Labor Day

To amend Section 16-13-231, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Flexible School Calendar Act of 2012; to require each local board of education to establish a local school calendar providing 1050 instructional hours, beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, and each school year thereafter; to require that the first day of instruction for students be no earlier than two weeks before Labor Day; and to require that teacher salaries remain at existing levels.