Policy 607-R School Calendar Regulations

A. Committee
The superintendent will direct the Executive Director of Human Resources, who will partner with the Executive Director of Teaching & Learning, to convene a committee meeting(s) that includes the appropriate parties to establish academic calendars. The Executive Director will determine the degree to which parental, student, and staff inputs will guide the development of the school calendar. The Executive Director shall present the recommended calendar to the Strategy Leadership Team and the superintendent. The superintendent will then bring the recommendation to the School Board for formal approval and action. Such school board action for any given school shall occur approximately fourteen (14) months prior to the first day of school for that academic year. To meet this timeline, the recommended action will generally occur no later than the regular July school board meeting.

B. Scheduling of School Events
School officials responsible for scheduling school events and activities shall seek to avoid conflicts between significant school events that cannot be duplicated through a make-up session and religious holidays.

C. Care and Consideration for Student Absences due to Religious Holiday Observances
Schools must ensure that students who are absent from school for religious holiday observances are not unduly burdened or otherwise penalized for the schoolwork they have missed.

Reasonable care and consideration should be taken to avoid the scheduling of special projects, the introduction of new information/new learning, and other activities that would be difficult for students to make up, on days when students will be absent for religious holiday observances. If tests are given on days when students may be absent for religious holidays, adequate time must be given after their return to school to prepare for and make up these tests. Conversely, the students who remain in school should continue to have meaningful learning experiences.

Schools should ensure that sensitive and respectful methods are employed to identify students who will be absent from school for a particular religious holiday observance.

• Adopted: January 12, 2015
• Amended: February 18, 2026
• Last Reviewed: February 18, 2026

• Policy 607 - School Calendar