Performance qualified school districts and high schools are established to provide flexibility in administration and instruction to school corporations and high schools that meet certain established performance criteria so that the school corporations and high schools may provide curriculum, instruction, programs, and educational innovations designed to engage students in achievement greater than the achievement required for the school corporations and high schools to be placed in the highest performance category or designation by the department under IC § 20-31-8.Performance Qualified School Districts / High Schools
Time in which students are participating in an approved course, curriculum or educationally related activity under the direction of a teacher. Instructional time includes a reasonable amount of passing time between classes within a single school building or on a single school campus, but does not include lunch or recess. Homework does not meet the criteria for “instructional time”. NOTE: It is the responsibility of the local school or corporation to ensure the instruction provided meets the legal definition of “instructional time” (IC 20-30-2-1) which includes the criterion of being “under the direction of a teacher”.Instructional Time / Instructional Minutes
Waiver Days
Pursuant to Indiana Code (IC) 20-30-2, all school corporations must conduct at least 180 instructional days during a given school year. Public schools that do not conduct at least 180 instructional days during a school year shall have the subsequent August tuition support distribution reduced to reflect the actual number of instructional days provided, unless the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) grants a waiver. IDOE may grant a waiver of a particular number of canceled days so long as the school or school corporation submits a waiver request to IDOE and the cancellations are due to extraordinary circumstances.