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Hall School principal Veronica Thomas and fourth-grader Joshua Martinez greet each other as he steps off the school bus on the first day of school in Bridgeport, CT on Wednesday August 25, 2010.
Photo: Shelley Cryan / STHall School principal Veronica Thomas and fourth-grader Joshua Martinez greet each other as he steps off the school bus on the first day of school in Bridgeport, CT on Wednesday August 25, 2010.
Hall School principal Veronica Thomas and fourth-grader Joshua Martinez greet each other as he steps off the school bus on the first day of school in Bridgeport, CT on Wednesday August 25, 2010.
Hall School principal Veronica Thomas and fourth-grader Joshua Martinez greet each other as he steps off the school bus on the first day of school in Bridgeport, CT on Wednesday August 25, 2010.
HARTFORD — Public school districts will have the ability to shorten the 2020-21 school year by three days if that time is used at the start to plan.
The unanimous state Board of Education decision will shorten the state-required 180-school day to 177 days.
Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona said the requirement that districts plan for three separate opening plans — full, hybrid or distance learning — necessitates extra time for staff training to maintain public safety.
A waiver of the requirement is rare and usually requires school districts to try and make up the lost time during the following school year.
“It’s the right thing to do,” Cardona told the board, which met virtually on Tuesday.
The time can only be used at the start of the school year to both train staff and orient families.
The action comes after the 2019-20 school year’s traditional structure was cut short by more than three months with learning becoming a remote experience as the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the state causing a quarantine.
Cardona and Gov. Ned Lamont issued guidance late last month asking school districts to plan for a full, in-person school opening but also contingencies. Lamont said Monday that a more definitive answer to what the school year would look like would be given in August.
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