Tennessee lawmakers look beyond the 180-day school year

Published July 27, 2025 3:27pm ET



(The Center Square) – A legislative panel has floated ideas for how to change the school calendar from the required 180 days a year to a formula based on the number of instructional hours.

Members of the Advisory Committee on Innovations in K-12 Education expressed concerns about how a change would work with local school districts.

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