Relating to temporary in-person and remote learning instruction and instructional time requirements for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and including effective date provisions

This bill relates to educational instruction requirements for certain school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.6 and related to COVID-19. A school district or accredited nonpublic school that is not providing an opportunity for full-time in-person instruction on the effective date of the bill must provide to the parents and guardians of students enrolled in the school district or accredited nonpublic school notice of the opportunity to select full-time in-person instruction and shall allow the parent or guardian at least five days to decide whether to select the full-time in-person instruction option if the school district or accredited nonpublic school will also continue to offer other instructional options. 6 and related to COVID-19. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the department of education, in determining whether to grant permission to a school district or accredited nonpublic school to provide primarily continuous remote learning, is directed to consider data regarding the number of teachers who are quarantining due to exposure to COVID-19, as well as the scarcity of substitute teachers and school bus drivers. The bill takes effect upon enactment.