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HB 440 School boards; teachers to ensure planning time and planning periods.

Introduced by: Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

School boards; teachers; planning time and planning periods. Requires each local school board to ensure that each elementary school teacher is provided an average of one 45-minute period per school day of planning time and that each middle and high school teacher is provided an average of one planning period per school day, which shall be at least 45 minutes or one class period, whichever is longer. The bill permits local school boards and teachers to enter into an appropriate contractual arrangement providing for compensation in lieu of such planning time or period. Under current law, public elementary school teachers are guaranteed at least an average of 30 minutes of planning time per school day during a school week.


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