Sec. 10-16. Length of school year.
Sec. 10-16. Length of school year. Each school district shall provide in each
school year no less than one hundred and eighty days of actual school sessions for grades
kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, nine hundred hours of actual school work for full-day
kindergarten and grades one to twelve, inclusive, and four hundred and fifty hours of
half-day kindergarten, provided school districts shall not count more than seven hours
of actual school work in any school day towards the total required for the school year.
If weather conditions result in an early dismissal or a delayed opening of school, a school
district which maintains separate morning and afternoon half-day kindergarten sessions
may provide either a morning or afternoon half-day kindergarten session on such day.
(1949 Rev., S. 1350; 1961, P.A. 86; 1967, P.A. 186, S. 1; P.A. 77-262; P.A. 79-128, S. 4, 36; P.A. 81-78, S. 1, 2; P.A.
82-106, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-37, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-161, S. 1, 13; P.A. 98-243, S. 13, 25.)
History: 1961 act added provisions for computing half a school day and for dismissal because of weather conditions,
and changed the technical language; 1967 act included nursery schools in provision for two and one-half hour school day;
P.A. 77-262 established two hour session as school day when nursery school or kindergarten dismissed early because of
weather conditions or scheduled early closing; P.A. 79-128 deleted qualifying phrase "For the purpose of apportionment"
with regard to determination of school days; P.A. 81-78 required that beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983,
each school district shall provide no less than 450 hours of actual school work for nursery schools and kindergartens and
no less than 900 of actual school work for grades one to twelve; P.A. 82-106 repealed requirement that no less than 450
hours of actual school work be provided for nursery school and kindergarten students; P.A. 85-37 amended section to
require 180 days of actual school sessions and to allow school districts to count up to seven hours per school day towards
the required yearly number of hours; P.A. 96-161 removed requirements for the length of the school day, added requirement
for no less than 450 hours of kindergarten for a school year and added provision allowing school districts which maintain
separate kindergarten sessions to provide either a morning or afternoon session if weather conditions result in an early
dismissal or delayed opening of school, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 98-243 added language to set different requirements
for half and full-day kindergarten programs, effective July 1, 1998.
Cited. 152 C. 151. Cited. 187 C. 187. Cited. 195 C. 24. Cited. 238 C. 1.