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Can Superintendent’s Conference Days be split into half days, and do they still count?Įducation Law §3604(8) provides that districts “may elect to use one or more of such allowable conference days in units of not less than one hour.” No more than four such days may be counted towards the 180-day minimum, but the hours may be subdivided further.

How many hours does each Superintendent Conference Day count towards the annual hour requirement?Ĭommissioner’s Regulation §175.5 provides “that the average scheduled hours for a school day based on the school calendar (e.g., 5 hours for elementary, 5.5 for secondary) shall be considered one superintendents’ conference day authorized pursuant to Education Law §3604(8) and a district may use up to the product of four such hour amounts in a given school year, and provided that such conferences occur on days when the regular day schools of the school district may legally be in session, and provided further that such conference days may not be scheduled for routine school administrative matters such as the grading of assignments, the preparation of pupil assignments, record-keeping, or the preparation of lesson plans.”.

Districts may hold superintendent conferences in excess of these prescribed maximums, but they will not count towards either the annual hour or day minimums. Education Law §3604(8) allows for up to four superintendent conferences to count towards the 180-day minimum.

If a district provides instruction for part of the day and a parent teacher conference for another part of the day, does the district need to report the day as a superintendent’s conference day?Ĭommissioner’s Regulation §175.5 provides a district may count up to four “average scheduled hours for a school day” towards instructional hours in a given school year.

Commissioner’s Regulation §175.5 states that the use of superintendents’ conferences are to “provide staff development activities that are related to implementation of the new high learning standards and assessments, general staff orientation, curriculum development, in service education, or parent-teacher conferences.” Do parent-teacher conferences count as an instructional day?Įducation Law §3604(8) provides that up to four superintendent conferences count towards the instructional day minimum.

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