Friday, April 23, 2010
School bills pass, parents hard work recognized
by Larry Geller
Twitter is amazing. These two tweets came in just moments ago:
sos808Min instructional minutes bill passes!!!! whoot whoot!!!!!! less than 20 seconds ago via Echofon
georgettedeemerConferees pass hb2377 which lays out process for appointed school board should voters approve the constitutional amendment.
And this one just followed:
After applauding parents for their work on this bill, conferees pass HB2486 requiring 200 day min. of class instruction http://bit.ly/bIxcPk 3 minutes ago via web
Here’s what the bill says: “Requires all public schools, including charter schools, to implement a minimum of two hundred days of classroom instruction, or an equivalent number of instructional hours, per school year. Effective 1/1/2099.”
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