1. 1. Except as provided in subsection 4 of this section, no school district shall be exempt from any requirement to make up any days of school lost or canceled due to inclement weather, unless that school district schedules at least two-thirds as many make-up days for a school year as were lost in the previous school year, which days shall be in addition to the school calendar days required for a school term by section 171.031.
2. 2. If, after using the make-up days referred to in subsection 1, a district does not meet the requirement for a term of one hundred seventy-four days of actual pupil attendance, it shall be required to make up no more than eight additional days of school lost or canceled due to inclement weather and half the number of days lost or canceled in excess of eight days.
3. 3. In 1993-1994 school year, or the 1994-1995 school year if the school board in such school districts determines it is necessary, a school district may be exempt from the requirement to make up days of school lost or canceled due to flooding in the school district, but such reduction of the minimum number of school days shall not exceed eleven days per year.
4. 4. The commissioner of education may provide, for any school district in which schools are in session for twelve months of each calendar year that cannot meet the minimum school calendar requirement of at least one hundred seventy-four days and one thousand forty-four hours of actual pupil attendance, upon request, a waiver to be excused from such requirement. This waiver shall be requested from the commissioner of education and may be granted if the school was closed due to circumstances beyond school district control, including inclement weather, flooding or fire.

(L. 1978 S.B. 954 § 2, A.L. 1982 S.B. 832, A.L. 1994 S.B. 442, A.L. 1997 H.B. 797)

Effective 6-12-97

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Make-up days lost due to inclement weather when and how made up, RSMo 160.041