6A-14.004 Calendar.
Each community college shall operate on a year-round calendar which meets the following criteria:
(1) The calendar shall provide at least two hundred twenty (220) days of classroom instruction
including examinations or at least two hundred ten (210) days of classroom instruction excluding
examinations. Upon request by the board of trustees, exceptions may be approved by the State
Board of Community Colleges for reasons of experimentation, innovation, research, energy
conservation, or more efficient utilization of resources.
(2) The calendar shall provide three (3) common entry periods so that the first day of classes falls
within each of the following three (3) periods:
(a) The period from the next to last Monday in August through August 31.
(b) The period from January 3 through January 10.
(c) The period from May 6 through May 13.
(d) Effective August, 1985, the common entry periods shall be:
1. The first three (3) weekdays after August 22.
2. The first three (3) weekdays after January 4.
3. The first three (3) weekdays after May 5.
(e) Upon request by the board of trustees, exceptions may be approved by the executive
director for reasons of health and safety to life and of natural disaster. Upon request by the
board of trustees, exceptions may be approved by the State Board of Community Colleges
for reasons of experimentation, innovation, research, energy conservation, or more efficient
utilization of resources.
(3) The calendar shall meet additional requirements in Rule 6A-10.019, FAC.
(4) An official copy of the annual calendar adopted by each community college board of trustees for
each unit operated by it shall be filed with the Department of Education as prescribed by the State
Board of Community Colleges.
Specific Authority 229.053(1), 240.325 FS. Law Implemented 229.053(2)(c), 240.311, 240.325(4)
FS. History - Formerly 6A-8.78, Repromulgated 12-19-74, Amended 4-8-75, 12-26-77, 7-2-79,
2-4-81, 10-27-81, 1-6-83, 7-7-83, 7-26-84, Formerly 6A-14.04.