LANSING -- A provision tucked into the revised School Aid funding measure signed by Gov. Rick Snyder last Friday gives schools more flexibility in how they deal with days missed because of snow and bone-chilling temperatures this winter.
The supplemental budget bill, which passed the legislature in late March, includes a provision which gives districts the option to hold classes for only 174 days if they had more than that amount originally scheduled.
The provision still requires schools to offer a minimum of 1,098 hours of instruction even if they forgo making up the additional scheduled days. State law mandates the number of hours schools must be in session in order to be eligible for state aid payments.
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