Thursday, January 29, 2015

School Start Date for 2015-16

Based on the guidelines that the Iowa Department of Education has provided regarding the criteria that would be required in now requesting a waiver to the start date established in Code, it appears likely that school districts will start classes in the week in which September 1st falls.  In the case of the 2015-16 school year that date will be August 31st.  If you compare this date to the start date the past couple of years it is two weeks later than the start date that has been approved by the Board as a local control decision.

It is also clear that the Iowa Legislature is going to address the current language and law on school start date during this legislative session.  If you have strong feelings one way or the other regarding the start date for schools, please contact your legislative representatives.