Section R277-419-4 - Minimum School Days(1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (1) and Subsection 53F-2-102(4), an LEA shall provide educational services over a minimum of 180 school days each school year.(b)(i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b)(ii), an LEA that participates in the National School Lunch Program shall provide school meals on each day that the LEA schedules toward the LEA's 180 educational service days described in Subsection (1)(a).(ii) The requirement to provide school meals described in Subsection (1)(b)(i) does not apply to: (A) an unplanned school closure or unplanned learn from home day due to snow, inclement weather, or other emergency;(B) a day that an LEA governing board reallocates as a teacher preparation or teacher professional development day as described in Subsection 53F-2-102(4)(d);(C) a day that an LEA counts in student membership for professional development or parent-teacher conference days as described in Subsection (6); or(D) a day where the LEA provides educational services while all the LEA's students engage in distance learning.(c) An LEA may seek an exception to the number of school days described in Subsection (1)(a): (i) except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), for a whole school or LEA as described in Rule R277-121;(ii) for a school closure due to snow, inclement weather, or other emergency as described in Section R277-121-5; or(iii) for an individual student as described in Section R277-419-11.(2) An LEA may offer the required school days described in Subsection (1)(a) at any time during the school year, consistent with the law.(3) An LEA shall plan for emergency, activity, and weather-related exigency time in its annual calendaring.(4) Minimum standards apply to a public school in all settings unless Utah law or this rule provides for a specific exception.(5) An LEA's governing board shall provide adequate contingency school days in the LEA's yearly calendar to avoid the necessity of requesting a waiver except in the most extreme circumstances.(6)(a) A school may conduct parent-teacher and student Plan for College and Career Readiness conferences during the school day.(b) Parent-teacher and college and career readiness conferences may only be held for a total of the equivalent of three full school days for the school year.(c) Student membership for professional development or parent-teacher conference days shall be counted as that of the previous school day.(d) The final decision and approval regarding planning time, parent-teacher and Student Plan for College and Career Readiness conferences rests with an LEA, consistent with Utah Code and Board administrative rules.(e) Total instructional time and school calendars shall be approved by an LEA in an open meeting.Utah Admin. Code R277-419-4
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2015-15, effective 7/8/2015Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-13, effective 6/3/2016Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-21, effective 10/11/2016Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-1, effective 12/8/2017Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-07, effective 3/12/2020Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-11, effective 5/26/2020Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-14, effective 7/9/2020Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-19, effective 9/25/2020Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-13, effective 6/15/2021Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-07, effective 3/15/2022Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-01, effective 12/22/2022Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-12, effective 7/1/2023Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-22, effective 11/7/2023