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900/990 Hour Requirement Information (Effective Beginning with the 2018-19 School Year)Latest Attendance News
05-12-2021
Remote Snow Day Pilot for 2021-22 School Year
Continuing the Department’s ongoing efforts to provide districts with flexibility in meeting local needs during the pandemic, the Department has continued the snow day pilot. This pilot may allow school districts to pivot to remote instruction on what would otherwise be a day of school closure due to a snow emergency.
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Scheduling a Superintendent’s Conference Day after the June 2021 Regents Examination Period
04-29-2021
180 Day Requirement Compliance for the 2020-21 School Year
This memorandum provides additional information to school district officials about reporting minimum instructional time requirements, including instructions for reporting days and minimum instructional hours for the 2020-21 school year to the Office of State Aid.
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Juneteenth 2021-22 School Year Calendar Planning
General Construction Law §24 provides rules for holiday observance: Section 24 stipulates that any holiday that falls on a Sunday is observed on the Monday after. For example, Juneteenth falls on Sunday, June 19 in 2022, and will be observed on Monday the 20th. The law does not require that holidays falling on a Saturday are observed on a Friday. In 2021, June 19 falls on a Saturday, so districts are not obligated to close for this holiday.
The 2021 regents examination notice specifies that no exams were scheduled on Friday, June 18, 2021 “to allow for the weekday observance of the Juneteenth holiday.” Friday, June 18 is still an allowable session day, so it is up to the discretion of the district to close in observance or not.
09-08-2020
Remote Snow Day Pilot for 2020-21 School Year
As part of the Department’s ongoing efforts to provide districts with flexibility in meeting local needs during the pandemic, the Department is establishing a one-year pilot to enable school districts, at district option, and consistent with each district’s re-opening educational plan, to pivot to remote instruction to provide continuity of instruction on what would otherwise be a day of school closure due to a snow emergency. This pilot is in effect for the 2020-21 school year, after which the Department will review the outcome of the pilot in determining whether to continue this flexibility in subsequent school years.
09-03-2020
Districts may now submit COVID-19 Minimum Instructional Time Waivers in SAMS 2020-2021 Claim Year. For the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years, school districts may apply for a waiver from the minimum instructional hour requirement if, as a result of an Executive Order(s) of the Governor pursuant to the State of emergency declared for the COVID-19 crisis, or pursuant to Education Law 11 §3604(8), as amended by Chapter 107 of the Laws of 2020, or reopening procedures implemented as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the district is unable to meet the requirement in either or both school years.
Districts may now submit 2019-2020 School Year Calendars in SAMS 2020-2021 Claim Year. 2019-20 School Year Model Calendar (
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2019-20 COVID Closure Reporting ( 84 KB)
03-31-2020
Clarification on 180-day Requirements in Light of Executive Orders 3/30/2020. For further questions regarding the 180 day requirement, please email 180days@nysed.gov. More information and guidance for other State Education program areas can be found on SED’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) information page(s).