An increase of 20 minutes to the school day will be added for Hays CISD students next fall after the school board unanimously approved changes to the academic calendar at their Feb. 22 meeting.
The board’s changes reflect House Bill 2610, which was approved by the Texas Legislature that took effect in Sept. 2015. According to the new law, school districts must offer a minimum of 75,600 minutes of instructional time during the school year. Under the previous law, requirements had school districts offer 180 days of instruction per year.
According to Hays CISD public information officer Tim Savoy, the district under the previous law conducted 175 days of instruction with five days for professional development.
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