When the 2011-13 budget passed into law, everything in it became, well, the law. That includes Sec. 7.29 (a) that adds five days to the number of instructional days in the school year. That also includes Sec. 7.25 (a) that says DPI has to close one of the state’s three residential schools. Both these new laws became effective July 1, 2011.
But DPI has chosen to ignore both these laws.
The State Board of Education granted a statewide waiver to all LEAs to ignore the increase in the number of school days for this year and looks to be on track to ignore the law for 2012-13 school year as well. State Superintendent of Education said last week, she’ll recommend keeping all three residential schools open with some minor administrative changes, again ignoring the law.
What is this? The new defense to obeying the law…I don’t feel like it? Will other law breakers try the same thing?
