But this year, before the ballots are even cast â much less counted â Donald Trump is signaling that he is ready to challenge the presidential election results. I'm telling you, Nov. 8, we'd better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged, Trump told Fox News earlier this week.
Most districts dip below the required 176 days. America's traditional 180-day school year is more myth than reality in Illinois, as a jumble of state laws, rules and waivers allow districts to chip away instruction time, shorten school hours and cut the number of days students come to school.
Statewide, the average school day is 6.5 hours and the average school year is 177 days long. Texas has the longest average school day of 7.17 hours, while Florida has the longest school year with 184 school days. The longer-school-day saga first hit Chicago this year with talks about bringing recess back to CPS elementary schools -- which would also lengthen the school day, althought it would not affect instructional hours.