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Districts consider even shorter school year | California Watch

Districts consider even shorter school year | California Watch

Districts consider even shorter school year

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The likelihood is growing that many school districts will have to cut the number of days students spend in class in response to the state's deepening budget crisis, according to state education leaders and experts.

But despite some predictions that the coming school year will shrink to 150 or 155 days – from the current minimum of 175 days set by the state in 2009 – no firm figures or proposals have been proposed by the state