SPONSOR: McMullen
This bill provides that school districts located wholly or partially in charter counties or cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants may adopt a four-day school week in lieu of a five-day school week for a period of 10 years and only by submitting to the qualified voters of the school district a ballot measure authorizing the same. Schools located wholly or partially in charter counties or cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants that adopted a four-day school week prior to July 1, 2023 may continue until the district adopts a different school week.
The bill modifies current provisions of law relating to the minimum school term and school day by requiring schools to have a minimum school term that consists of 1044 hours, or for school districts located wholly or partially in charter counties or cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants a minimum of 168 school days, unless the district has adopted a four-day school week, in which case it shall have a minimum of 142 school days.
This bill has a delayed effective date for multiple sections of July 1, 2025.
This bill is similar to HB 1417 from (2024).
Statutes affected: