If districts have staff development days in their 1998-99 calendar, they need a waiver. The legislation left county offices out of waiver eligibility. Waivers go directly to the Waiver Office and will be processed quickly. Waivers can't be used to gain more days over what you took last year. The non-instructional days must be a trade for staff development days.
Charter schools have to go through their district office.
The waiver is a district waiver, not a school waiver. Charter schools are not mentioned in legislation nor are county offices. Schiff and Peace sent SBE a letter asking them to be liberal in granting waivers during this transitional year. Parent conferencing is not allowed for the purpose of using a staff development day, but student advisement is. Once chaptered, Jim McIlwrath has agreed to provide training.