603 CMR 27.04 - Structured Learning Time Requirements

(1) No later than the 1997 - 1998 school year, schools shall ensure that "every elementary school student" is scheduled to receive a minimum of 900 hours per school year of structured learning time, as defined in 603 CMR 27.02. Time which a student spends at school breakfast and lunch, passing between classes, in homeroom, at recess, in non-directed study periods, receiving school services, and participating in optional school programs shall not count toward meeting the minimum structured learning time requirement for that student.
(2) No later than the 1997 - 1998 school year, all schools shall ensure that "every secondary school student" is scheduled to receive a minimum of 990 hours per school year of structured learning time, as defined in 603 CMR 27.02. Time which a student spends at school breakfast and lunch, passing between classes, in homeroom, at recess, in non-directed study periods, receiving school services, and participating in optional school programs shall not count toward meeting the minimum structured learning time requirement for that student.

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603 CMR 27.04
Amended by Mass Register Issue 1428, eff. 10/16/2020. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1439, eff. 12/16/2020. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1440, eff. 3/8/2021. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1445, eff. 3/8/2021.

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