Bill > HB2878

This bill modifies provisions governing the school calendar by requiring school boards to prepare an annual calendar specifying the opening date, days of planned attendance, and ensuring a minimum of one thousand forty-four hours of actual pupil attendance. For districts in charter counties or cities over thirty thousand inhabitants, it mandates a minimum of one hundred sixty-nine school days, unless a four-day school week is adopted, in which case the minimum is one hundred forty-two school days. The bill also requires thirty-six make-up hours for potential loss of attendance due to inclement weather, replacing the previous system of make-up days. Additionally, it changes the earliest allowable opening date to twenty-one calendar days before the first Monday in September, removing previous procedures for earlier openings. The bill also outlines penalties for violations, stating that the department of elementary and secondary education will withhold state funding for each day a district is in violation, and clarifies that these provisions do not apply to twelve-month school districts or may be exempted by the state board of education under extenuating circumstances.

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https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2878&year=2026&code=R