4-day week could ease money woes
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
... cost savings.How it works More than 100 Arizona schools already operate on a four-day week, said Tom Horne, state schools chief. The Arizona Legislature made four-day weeks possible in 1985, and many small rural districts use the schedule. The Arizona Department of Education mandates that students receive a certain number of instructional hours per year. The mandated hours, instead of mandated...
