Bill > S170

This bill requires the Commissioner of Education, who is the state's chief education official, to annually suggest specific dates for school districts to observe their spring break. While school districts are not mandated to follow these recommendations, they must consider them when deciding their own spring break schedules. The Commissioner must provide these recommended dates to school districts by June 30th of the year preceding the school year in question, helping districts plan their academic calendars more effectively. This new requirement will become effective at the start of the first full school year after the bill is officially passed into law, though the Commissioner can take preparatory steps beforehand.