III.D. – Official Calendars – 06-2026

Purpose

This policy establishes consistent expectations for academic calendars, semester length, and holidays.

Each institution must prepare on an ongoing basis a schedule indicating significant dates and events (such as registration periods, vacations or holidays, and dates classes begin and end) occurring in the twelve-month period commencing with each institution’s fall term. This schedule will be designated the Official Calendar for the institution and must be posted by each institution on its official website. The Board’s Executive Director or designee must be provided with the link to the Official Calendar promptly via e-mail when official calendars have been posted to respective websites no later than July 1 for the upcoming academic year. Any additional changes made by the institution’s president to the Official Calendar will also be posted and the Executive Director or designee promptly notified as specified above.

Each semester indicated in the Official Calendar of an institution will consist of seventeen (17) weeks with at least fifteen (15) full weeks or seventy-five (75) instructional days of class work or its equivalent effort.

Official calendars must indicate that classes will be held on state holidays designated for Columbus Day and Veterans Day and offices in the institutions will be open, with compensatory time provided at appropriate times within the academic calendar.