What is the minimum number of student instructional days for Full and Half Day Kindergarten programs?
Full Day Program – Full day kindergarten programs operate on the same basis as any elementary grade program and must offer 180 full days of instruction. Schools that offer a full day program are funded based on a formula distribution for the 180-day instructional school year. Activities such as, but not limited to, individual screenings and home visits that do not provide instruction to a full class of kindergarten students do not constitute an instructional day. Half Day Program – Half day kindergarten programs must offer students 180 half days of instruction. The Indiana State Board of Education and the Indiana Department of Education permit a school to offer an alternating full day program that operates for 90 full student instructional days. School corporations and accredited nonpublic schools should implement a policy for weather and emergency-related delays that ensures that neither the morning nor the afternoon kindergarten session is affected disproportionately. Activities such
