AGO 81-045.

Case DateMay 14, 1981
CourtNorth Dakota
North Dakota Attorney General Opinions 1981. AGO 81-045. OPINION 81-45Date Issued: May 14, 1981 (AGO 81-45) Requested by: Dr. Joseph Crawford, Superintendent of Public Instruction
QUESTION PRESENTED - Whether the Superintendent of Public Instruction may allow days used for parent-teacher conferences to be counted as classroom instruction days required by section 15-47-33 of the North Dakota Century Code.- ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION - In my opinion, the Superintendent of Public Instruction has no authority to allow days used for parent-teacher conferences to be counted as classroom instruction days required by section 15-47-33, N.D.C.C. - ANALYSIS - Section 15-47-33, N.D.C.C., provides as follows:
15-47-33. LENGTH OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL YEAR TERM. All elementary and secondary schools in this state shall provide at least one hundred eighty days of classroom instruction during each school term. Any three holidays selected from those listed in subsections 2 through 10 of section 15-38-04.1 which have been decided upon after consultation with the teachers, and any day in which classes cannot be held because of acts of God, epidemic, or failure of physical facilities shall be included in the one hundred eighty days provided for in this section and teachers shall be paid therefore.
The specific exceptions from the one hundred eighty-day requirementare: (1) the three holidays, (2)...

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