State Board Grants Calendar Waiver Requests

The State Board of Education wants to do what is best for LEAs as they continue the core business of educating our students.  At the March meeting, State Board members approved a motion granting authority to the State Superintendent to grant local districts waivers of up to five instructional days for the 2012-13 school year if the days are used for the following purposes:

-  provide additional professional development on Essential Standards and Common Core as described in your LEA or Charter School's approved Detailed Scope of Work under the Race to the Top initiative (Section B3), 

-  train teachers and staff on how to use digital devices to improve instruction, or

-  other targeted staff development with documented results that such training has enhanced student performance (ex.: Responsiveness to Instruction). 

Districts must submit waiver requests by April 30. Waiver requests for any other reason will be considered by the State Board of Education as long as they are submitted by April 30.