State proposal could mean no make-up days for schools | Education | Macon.com

Middle Georgia school districts have missed several days during the past month due to wintery weather, but they may not have to make up any of those days.

The state school board is scheduled to consider a proposal from the Georgia Department of Education Thursday that would exempt school districts from being required to make up days missed during a declared state of emergency.

If approved, the exemption would include most of the snow days that local districts have used this year. Under state requirements, school districts already can miss up to four days without making them up.

“Some of our districts have missed about 10 or 11 days due to weather, and it may be difficult for them to make up those days,” said Matt Cardoza, spokesman for the Department of Education. “We feel it’s our job to give them the flexibility to make the best determination at a local level.”

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