Number of School Days Amendments

HB 486 shifts authority from the Utah State Board of Education to local school districts and charter schools for determining the length of the school year. It removes the state board's requirement to set school terms and instead mandates that local education agency governing boards establish the number of school days or equivalent instructional hours annually. The bill also requires districts to notify parents at least 90 days before the school year begins and makes minor technical updates to Utah’s education code sections (53F-2-102, 53F-3-202, 53F-3-203). No new funding is appropriated for this change.