Monday, September 8th, 2014
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Celina students exit buses Friday morning at the intermediate school. A new state law eliminates state-allowed calamity days and sets a minimum number of classroom hours for districts.

Related online story:
A new state rule that eliminates calamity days and sets minimum classroom hours means little to area school districts.
The new hour-based schedule requires 1,001 hours each year for grades 7-12 and 910 hours for K-6 - about 100 hours fewer than most local students attend. [More]
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