2017 Florida Regulations 6A-1.045111: Hourly Equivalent to 180-Day School Year
Effective date: 4/25/2017
Each school district that participates in the state appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program shall:
(1) Operate all schools for a term of one hundred eighty (180) actual teaching days as prescribed by Florida Statutes § 1011.60(2), or the hourly equivalent of one hundred eighty (180) actual teaching days, determined as prescribed below:
(a) Kindergarten through grade 3 or in an authorized prekindergarten exceptional program: No fewer than seven hundred twenty (720) net instructional hours.
(b) Grades 4 through 12: No fewer than nine hundred (900) net instructional hours.
(2) For students who receive instruction in a school that operates for less than the minimum term, report full-time equivalent student membership proportional to the number of instructional hours provided by the school divided by the minimum term requirement as provided in Florida Statutes § 1011.60(2)
Rulemaking Authority 1001.02(1), 1001.42(12)(a), 1001.51(11)(a), 1003.02(1)(g), 1011.60(2), 1011.61 FS. Law Implemented 1001.42(12)(a), 1001.51(11)(a), 1003.02(1)(g), 1011.60(2), 1011.61 FS. History—New 5-3-10, Amended 4-25-17.