FILE:  AE

Cf:  AF

SCHOOL YEAR

The DeSoto Parish School Board shall annually adopt a school calendar which provides for the required instructional time of 63,720 instructional minutes.  The School Board may designate certain days for in-service training, reporting to parents, emergencies and other activities which the School Board deems appropriate and necessary.

Should the number of days a school is closed result in less than the minimum number of days of school with student attendance required by the Louisiana Department of Education, the School Board reserves the right to make up the days missed or to request that the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education make an exception to the minimum number of days of school attendance required.

Approved:  June, 2003

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:154, 17:154.1, 17:154.3

Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education

DeSoto Parish School Board