This bill makes significant changes regarding the length of the day and the way ADA funding works, but all of that goes into effect in 2018-19.  The bill retains the requirement of 75,600 minutes, but refers to these as minutes of “operation” rather than “instruction.” This should make it more clear that recess and lunchtime “counts.”  The definition of a school day as being “seven hours” is repealed. Instead, the Commissioner will adopt rules to define a full-day and a half-day.  The requirement that DAEPs operate for seven hours a day will be repealed.  DAEPs and other special programs, such as dropout recovery programs, can receive full ADA funding if they provide 43,200 minutes of “instructional time.”

DAWG BONE: TICK, TICK, TICK….COUNTING THE MINUTES UNTIL MAY.

Tomorrow: How would you like to be the school bouncer?