| Van Buren Intermediate School District |
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8210 - SCHOOL CALENDAR
The Van Buren County Intermediate School District (ISD) shall adopt a common calendar in conjunction with its constituent districts. To provide for orderly educational planning and for the efficient operation of the District, the Superintendent is authorized to work with constituent districts in the ISD on the development of a common calendar. This calendar shall be posted on the ISD's web site and distributed to the constituent Districts. The calendar shall be approved annually for a five (5) year period.
The Board shall determine annually the total number of days when the schools will be in session for instructional purposes. For purposes of receiving State school aid, the number of days and number of hours will be in accordance with statute. The Board shall ensure that school is not in session before Labor Day.
The Board shall adopt annually a five (5) year District calendar that identifies dates for each school year when school will not be in session for at least a winter holiday break, a spring break, and professional development days. The calendar will identify these dates specifically for at least the next five (5) school years, and could further describe them more generally for subsequent school years as long as the dates can be readily determined.
The Intermediate School District and its constituent district schools are not required to begin after Labor Day, if prior to July 1, 2008, the District operated a year-round schools or programs or an international baccalaureate academy that provided 1,160 hours of student instruction per school year
.If the
District begins operating a year-round school or program after July 1, 2008, the District may apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for a waiver. If the State Superintendent determines that the school or program is a bona fide year-round school or program established for educational reasons, a waiver will be granted.If a constituent district’s school year is scheduled to begin before Labor Day the ISD may provide programs or services according to the constituent district’s calendar:
| A. | if the ISD contracted with the constituent district to provide programs or services for students of the district; or | |
| B. | if the ISD operated a program or service within a building owned by the district; and | |
| C. | if the building/program/service is within the ISD's boundaries, or otherwise provided instructional programs or services for students of the district. |
A school session shall not be held on the following public holidays in Michigan Public Schools: January 1st, New Year’s Day; the last Monday of May, Memorial or Decoration Day; July 4th, Independence Day
; the first Monday in September, Labor Day; the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving DayIf one (1) of these days falls on Sunday, the Monday following shall be a public holiday in the public schools.
The agreed upon calendar shall provide at least 1,098 hours of student instruction per school year.
The Intermediate School District Superintendent is authorized to work with all of the districts in the ISD on the development of a common calendar.
No more than thirty (30) hours of student instruction lost due to conditions not within the control of the District (e.g.,
severe storms, fires, epidemics, and health conditions), can be counted as a part of the required minimum 1098 hours of instruction. All subsequent hours lost for instruction cannot be counted for State school aid, unless they occur after April 1st, are due to unusual and extenuating occurrences resulting from conditions not within the control of the school authorities (such as those conditions described above), and are approved by the State Superintendent of Instruction. Hours lost due to strikes by District staff or to teacher conferences shall not be counted as hours of instruction.The Superintendent shall certify to the Department of Education by no later than August 1st of each year, the number of hours of student instruction during the previous school year.
M.C.L.A. 380.1284, 380.1284a,
380.1284bRevised 1/99
Revised 1/03
Revised 2/4/04
Revised 12/17/05
Revised 6/7/06
Revised 1/10/07
Revised 8/6/08