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Michigan State Superintendent Says Students Need More Class Time

By Mary Ellen Murphy Aug 15, 2025 | 5:48 AM

(Lansing, MI) – Michigan’s state superintendent says students need more time in the classroom. Dr. Michael Rice says recent policy changes have reduced actual classroom time. Rice says state law requires them to have 180 days of instructional time every year but says two laws have reduced that time.

One passed in 2019 allowing teachers’ professional development days to count as instructional time even with students not being in class on those days, and the other was passed in 2023 allowing for up to 15 days of virtual school days a year.

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