To modify the required amount of contracted teaching days and provide for breaks per semester for teachers.

HB 3208 reduces the required contracted teaching days for West Virginia teachers from 180 to 160 per year, creating 20 additional days. It mandates that school districts provide built-in breaks during the fall and spring semesters for teachers, to be scheduled after standardized testing. The bill explicitly states these breaks must use the 20 days freed by the reduced teaching day requirement. Student instructional days remain at 180 days, and the policy does not apply to days lost due to teacher strikes. This change directly affects teachers and school districts by altering the academic calendar structure.