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There are some serious flaws with the proposed SB 5505.

1. Are there provisions in the bill to compensate school district employees who will be working another 5 days or are they just going to work for free? I doubt Sen. Brad Hawkins has considered this prior to his proposing the bill.

2. School could be 300 days a year and it would not stop learning loss until there was accountability for students missing as many days as they currently miss. Some students are missing a third of the school year currently. Some are excused for doctor or dentist appointments, some for being sick and yes some miss random weeks at a time for family events. Just because the number of days is extended doesn't mean students will be in class more.

3 Having random breaks throughout the year sounds like a good idea, but it penalizes those high school and middle school students who are involved with sports and clubs that have "seasons". If we take 2 weeks off in October, that sounds great, but the football, volleyball and cross country teams are still going to need to be practicing and having games. If we take 2 weeks off in February, the same things except it is the boys & girls basketball and boys & girls wrestling participants that miss out on their "vacation" time.

I'll stop at three but there are many other issues and concerns with Sen. Brad Hawkins proposed bill. Learning loss is not caused by one factor, not being in school!!!