Shorter school year In Tennessee, Education Commissioner Kevin
Huffman approved all of the requests from 42 of the state’s 136
school districts this year to shorten their school calendars
because of natural disasters. The waivers varied from one to
seven days and in Southeast Tennessee included: • Bradley
County, seven days • Cleveland City Schools, two days • Hamilton
County, two days • Sequatchie County, two days • Rhea County,
two days • Bledsoe County, two days • Grundy County, one day In
Georgia, the Department of Education allows school districts to
use four emergency days for school closings below the 180-day
state minimum for the year. Additionally, six school districts
were granted waivers to operate fewer than 176 days, including:
• Catoosa County, four days • Walker County, three days • Dade
County, four days Sources: Tennessee Department of Education,
Georgia Department of Education Meeting the standard In Hamilton
County, the school system met the state’s overall requirement
for 180 days of annua