Table 175.

Minimum amount of instructional time per year and policy on textbook selection, by state: 2000, 2006, 2008, and 2010

State	Minimum amount of instructional time per year						State policy on textbook selection, 2008					State
	In days					In hours	State recommends or selects textbooks			Local decision	State standards used in recom-mendation or selection
	2000		2006	2010		2010	Recom-mends	Selects	Either recom-mends or selects
1	2		3	4		5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alabama	175		175	180		†			X		X	Alabama
Alaska	180		180	180	1	740 (K-3); 900 (4-12)				X		Alaska
Arizona	175	2	180	180	3	†				X		Arizona
Arkansas	178		178	178	4	†	X				X	Arkansas
California	175		180	180		†	X					California
Colorado	[5]		160	160		450/900 (K); 990 (1-5); 1,080 (6-12)				X		Colorado
Connecticut	180		180	180		450/900 (K); 900 (1-12)				X		Connecticut
Delaware	[5]		†	†		440 (K); 1,060 (1-11); 1,032 (12)				X		Delaware
District of Columbia	180	6	180	180		†						District of Columbia
Florida	180		180	180		†	X				X	Florida
Georgia	180	6	180	180		†	X				X	Georgia
Hawaii	184		179	180		†	X				X	Hawaii
Idaho	180		†	†		4501  (K); 8101  (1-3); 9001  (4-8); 9901,7  (9-12)	X				X	Idaho
Illinois	180	8	176	176		†				X		Illinois
Indiana	180		180	180		†	X				X	Indiana
Iowa	180		180	180		†				X		Iowa
Kansas	186		186 (K-11);	186 (K-11);		465 (K); 1,116 (1-11); 1,086 (12)				X		Kansas
			181 (12)	181 (12)
Kentucky	175		175	175	1	†	X				X	Kentucky
Louisiana	175		177	177	4	†			X			Louisiana
Maine	175		175	175	4	†				X		Maine
Maryland	180		180	180		1,080				X		Maryland
Massachusetts	180		180	180		†				X		Massachusetts
Michigan	180		†	165		1,098				X		Michigan
Minnesota	[5]		[5]	[5]		†				X		Minnesota
Mississippi	180		180	180		†		X				Mississippi
Missouri	174		174	174		1,044	—	—	—	—	—	Missouri
Montana	180		90 (K);	†		360/7204  (K); 7204  (1-3); 1,0804,7  (4-12)				X		Montana
			180 (K-12)
Nebraska	[5]		†	†		400 (K); 1,032 (1-8); 1,080 (9-12)				X		Nebraska
Nevada	180		180	180		†						Nevada
New Hampshire	180		180	180		945 (1-8)9 ; 990 (9-12)				X		New Hampshire
New Jersey	180		180	180		†				X		New Jersey
New Mexico	180		180	180		450/990 (K); 99010  (1-6); 1,080 (7-12)		X			X	New Mexico
New York	180	6	180	180		†				X		New York
North Carolina	180		180	180		1,000		X				North Carolina
North Dakota	173		173	173	11	†				X		North Dakota
Ohio	182		182	182	1	†				X		Ohio
Oklahoma	180		180	175	4	†		X			X	Oklahoma
Oregon	[5]		†	†		405 (K); 810 (1-3); 900 (4-8); 9907  (9-12)			X		X	Oregon
Pennsylvania	180		180	180		450 (K); 900 (1-8); 990 (9-12)	—	—	—	—	—	Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	180		180	180		†				X		Rhode Island
South Carolina	180		180	180	4	†			X		X	South Carolina
South Dakota	—		†	†		437.5 (K); minimum of 875 (1-3)12  ; 962.57  (4-12)				X		South Dakota
Tennessee	180		180	180	11	†		X			X	Tennessee
Texas	187		180	180		†			X			Texas
Utah	180		180	180		450 (K); 810 (1); 990 (2-12)			X			Utah
Vermont	175		175	175		†	—	—	—	—	—	Vermont
Virginia	180		180	180		540 (K); 990 (1-12)	X			X	X	Virginia
Washington	180	8	180	180		450 (K); 1,000 (1-12)				X	X	Washington
West Virginia	180		180	180		†			X			West Virginia
Wisconsin	180		180	180		437 (K); 1,050 (1-6); 1,137 (7-12)				X		Wisconsin
Wyoming	175		175	175		†				X		Wyoming

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

X Denotes that the state has a policy. A blank denotes that the state does not have a policy.

1 Includes time for staff development.

2 1994 data.

3 Or an equivalent number of minutes of instruction per year for districts on an alternate schedule.

4 Does not include time for staff development.

5 No statewide policy; varies by district.

6 1996 data.

7 Instructional time for graduating seniors may be reduced.

8 1998 data.

9 Middle schools (any combination of grades 4 through 8) are required to have the same hours as secondary schools (grades 9 through 12).

10 Teachers may use 33 hours of the full-day kindergarten program and 22 hours of the grades 1 through 5 programs for home visits or parent-teacher conferences.

11 Does not include time for staff development and parent-teacher conferences.

12 The Board of Education sets the minimum number of hours in the school term for grades 1 through 3.

NOTE: Minimum number of instructional days refers to the actual number of days that pupils have contact with a teacher. Some states allow for different types of school calendars by setting instructional time in both days and hours, while others use only days or only hours. For states in which the number of days or hours varies by grade, the relevant grade(s) appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: Council of Chief State School Officers, Key State Education Policies on PK-12 Education, 2000, 2006, and 2008; Education Commission of the States, StateNotes, Scheduling/Length of School Year (September 2010 revision), retrieved September 20, 2010, from http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/78/24/7824.pdf; and supplemental information retrieved September 24, 2010, from the New Hampshire Department of Education, http://www.education.nh.gov/standards/faq.htm; retrieved September 24, 2010, from the South Dakota Department of Education, http://doe.sd.gov/oatq/districtaccrediation.asp; and retrieved September 29, 2010, from the Pennsylvania State Code, http://pacode.com/secure/data/022/Chapter11/s11.3.html. (This table was prepared September 2010.)