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SCHOOL DAY

The Avoyelles Parish School Board shall require every school under its jurisdiction to conduct a minimum daily session of not less than 360 minutes of instructional time, exclusive of all recesses, provided that this shall not be construed as to prevent half-day sessions where the school accommodations are insufficient for all students of the system in a whole day session.  Two (2) or more partial days may be combined to meet the minimal school year requirement of 175 days of 360 minutes of instructional time.  The class schedule shall be altered to assure all classes are conducted during partial days.

The School Board may authorize some or all of its schools to modify the number of instructional days per year and minutes per day provided the minimum total number of instructional minutes per year is no less than 63,720 instructional minutes.

The school day shall include, by definition, the daily period of time established by the School Board as the official operating hours of the school for administrative and instructional purposes, as well as co-curricular activities.

Revised:  May 7, 2019

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:154, 17:154.1, 17:154.3

Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education

Board minutes, 1-8-74, 5-21-85, 5-7-19

Avoyelles Parish School Board