Periodic Data Collection: Instructional Days and Hours

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Overview

The Instructional Days and Hours data file collects the school calendar information as required per HB24-1063, specifically 22-2-310. This collection is also used to request a reduced academic school calendar.

By the beginning of the 2025-26 school year, CDE shall standardize the reporting method that schools of a school district, district charter schools, school districts, institute charter schools, and the state charter school institute use to collect and report data concerning:

Instructional hours;
School calendars; and
The number of hours students spend on instructional time during the school year.

Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, CDE shall collect from schools of a school district, district charter schools, institute charter schools, and the state charter school institute, at a minimum, the following data:

Days of instruction for elementary and secondary schools;
Instructional hours for elementary and secondary schools;
Estimated non-instructional hours, school closures, snow days, and time spent on lunch and passing between classes.

Deadlines

For the 2025-25 SY, the collection of 25-26 calendars will open at the beginning of the school year and close in the Fall. Exact dates have yet to be set. Moving forward, collection of school calendars will be collected in the Spring semester for the upcoming school year.