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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0784\">784<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0785\">785<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":181425,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66781,"identifier":"22.1-200.2","token":"22.1\/13\/1\/22.1-200.2","url":"\/22.1-200.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-200.2\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1\/22.1-200.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Minimum instructional time; optional unstructured recreational time","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-200.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Local <span class=\"dictionary\">school boards<\/span> shall provide (i) a minimum of 680 hours of instructional time to students in <span class=\"dictionary\">elementary<\/span> school, except for students in half-day kindergarten, in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science and (ii) a minimum of 375 hours of instructional time to students in half-day kindergarten in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science. <a id=\"paragraph-242195\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-200.2\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Local <span class=\"dictionary\">school boards<\/span> may include and the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of Education shall accept, for <span class=\"dictionary\">elementary<\/span> school, unstructured recreational time that is intended to develop teamwork, social skills, and overall physical fitness in any calculation of total instructional time or teaching hours, provided that such unstructured recreational time does not exceed 15 percent of total instructional time or teaching hours. <a id=\"paragraph-242196\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/22.1-200.2\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMINIMUM INSTRUCTIONAL TIME; OPTIONAL UNSTRUCTURED RECREATIONAL TIME (\u00a7\n22.1-200.2)\n\nA. Local school boards shall provide (i) a minimum of 680 hours of instructional\ntime to students in elementary school, except for students in half-day\nkindergarten, in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science,\nand history and social science and (ii) a minimum of 375 hours of instructional\ntime to students in half-day kindergarten in the four academic disciplines of\nEnglish, mathematics, science, and history and social science.\n\nB. Local school boards may include and the Board of Education shall accept, for\nelementary school, unstructured recreational time that is intended to develop\nteamwork, social skills, and overall physical fitness in any calculation of\ntotal instructional time or teaching hours, provided that such unstructured\nrecreational time does not exceed 15 percent of total instructional time or\nteaching hours.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, cc. 784, 785.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}