Senate Republicans want to end four-day school weeks

Senate Republicans want to end the practice of four-day school weeks, which are currently used by nearly 100 districts across Oklahoma.

"If the school can show there is an economic savings and there is no adverse impact on student achievement there will be reasonable exceptions in the bill," Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, said. "Otherwise, five-day school weeks will be restored."

On Tuesday, with fellow Republican senators at his side, Treat unveiled his caucus' agenda for 2019, which included a requirement for five-day school weeks.

In recent years, dozens of school districts across the state have adopted four-day-a-week calendars to save money and recruit teachers.

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