Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours

From the Legislature

The purpose of this bill is to change the minimum public school 180 instructional day requirement into a minimum 900 instructional hour requirement; change the minimum public school employment term from 200 days to 1,600 hours; convert other public school calendar provisions from days or months to hours; increase the time to be designated by the county board to be used by the employees for preparation for opening school; and allow nonpublic schools to deliver instruction through alternative methods that count toward up to 25 hours of instructional time when schools are closed due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstance.