603 CMR 27.00:

Student Learning Time

Section:

• 27.01: Scope and Purpose
• 27.02: Definitions
• 27.03: School Year Requirements
• 27.04: Structured Learning Time Requirements
• 27.05: Early Release of High School Seniors
• 27.06: Waivers or Modifications
• 27.07: Implementation
• 27.08: Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency or Other Exigent Circumstances
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Most Recently Amended by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education: May 25, 2021

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27.04: Structured Learning Time Requirements

(1) No later than the 1997 – 1998 school year, schools shall ensure that every elementary school student is scheduled to receive a minimum of 900 hours per school year of structured learning time, as defined in 603 CMR 27.02. Time which a student spends at school breakfast and lunch, passing between classes, in homeroom, at recess, in non-directed study periods, receiving school services, and participating in optional school programs shall not count toward meeting the minimum structured learning time requirement for that student.

(2) No later than the 1997 – 1998 school year, all schools shall ensure that every secondary school student is scheduled to receive a minimum of 990 hours per school year of structured learning time, as defined in 603 CMR 27.02. Time which a student spends at school breakfast and lunch, passing between classes, in homeroom, at recess, in non-directed study periods, receiving school services, and participating in optional school programs shall not count toward meeting the minimum structured learning time requirement for that student.

Regulatory Authority:
603 CMR 27.00: M.G.L. c. 69, s.1G; M.G.L. c. 69, s. 1B.

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Last Updated: November 14, 2022