Public students are getting much less instructional time than private school students in the state of VA and it is unacceptable! As an hard-working tax payer I expect the Governor to enforce the accreditation standards for all public schools.

The current standard school year of 990 instructional hours sells our students short. We must raise that number to at least 1,080 hours and require that school divisions meet both the 180 day and 1,080 instructional hour standards to be accredited.

The 990 hour standard places Virginia in the bottom 10 states in the nation for instructional time. School divisions in northern Virginia have been using the tiny 990 hour requirement to short-change our kids, creating calendars that are less than 180 days and creating shortened school days for elementary students rather than paying teachers for the additional hours they need to plan. The state government needs to step in and make sure our kids get the time in school that they deserve.  I sick of the state grabbing my tax dollars and not delivering value for all that money.  Do your job VA!

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