HB440:

School boards; teachers to ensure planning time and planning periods.

Bill Summary:

School boards; teachers; planning time and planning
periods. Requires each local school board to ensure that each
elementary school teacher is provided an average of one 45-minute
period per school day of planning time and that each middle and high
school teacher is provided an average of one planning period per
school day, which shall be at least 45 minutes or one class period,
whichever is longer. The bill permits local school boards and teachers
to enter into an appropriate contractual arrangement providing for
compensation in lieu of such planning time or period. Under current
law, public elementary school teachers are guaranteed at least an
average of 30 minutes of planning time per school day during a school
week.