January 5, 2021 – Decatur Public Schools currently plan to adopt an e-Learning program in lieu of utilizing the District’s scheduled emergency days. Essentially, on any day that would be called a snow day, students and staff would instead shift to e-Learning for that day and would then not have to make up the snow day at the end of the school year.
Per Illinois State Board of Education guidelines, as with existing emergency days, only five of these days can be used during a school year; any emergency days beyond that would simply result in a canceled school day.
Also per ISBE guidelines, this program must be adopted for three school years at a time. Therefore, adoption of this e-Learning program would be in effect for the 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 school years. A public hearing is set to get feedback on the plan prior to its adoption on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at 6:30 p.m., prior to the scheduled Board of Education Meeting at the Keil Building.
