Stimulus Allows California District To Restore Instructional Days

The Orange County (CA) Register (11/20) reports, "An $87 million infusion of federal stimulus money to Orange County schools has allowed one district to add days back to its instructional year after removing them from the calendar a few months ago, but a bleak state budget outlook makes it unlikely that many others will follow suit, education officials said. The 27,000-student Irvine Unified School District on Tuesday authorized lengthening its instructional year by two days – including shortening winter break by a day this January – after receiving $5 million in federal funds under the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act."