Okabe: Impact Of Longer School Year Must Be Negotiated

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Okabe shared that HSTA plans to negotiate the impact of a longer school year (190 days in the future, versus the current 180 days).

“IN order for the state or Department of Education to increase any minutes, or increase any school year, it has to have compensation,” he said. There is a memorandum of understanding in the proposed contract to discuss those things in the future.

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