Starting this fall, the State of Hawaii's middle and high schools will be required to provide a minimum of 5 1/2 hours of instruction per day, or a total of 990 hours per year. The law also requires that all public schools have at least 180 days a year of instruction. Most schools are prepared for this increase, but there has been some challenges in comply without exceeding teachers' contract seven-hour workday and other labor requirements such as teacher preparation time. The teachers union has argued that instructional time should be collectively bargained and not mandated by law.
By the 2016-2017 school year, all elementary and secondary schools would be required to provide an average of at least six hours of instruction time per day, or 1,080 hours per year.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 5-21-2014, www.staradvertiser.com
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