In New Jersey, the state restricts the circumstances in which remote learning can be used. State law generally mandates students be in a classroom for the day to count toward the minimum days of instruction. If schools remain closed for three consecutive days, remote learning can count towards the minimum days of instruction, according to the law.

The letter requests legislative action to expand remote learning day allocations for districts facing prolonged weather emergencies, as well as emergency funding for critical materials like road salt and ice melt.

Under state law, districts can replace up to five traditional snow days, or an equivalent number of instructional hours with remote learning. When remote days run out, districts often use banked instructional hours including converting teacher workdays into instructional days before adding new school days.

As central North Carolina thaws from a weekend ice storm, several school districts are making plans for the school day on Tuesday. It also leaves parents in Wake County wondering: When will students return to the classroom?

After several inches of snow fell across central North Carolina Saturday, school districts across the community have announced closures.

Families around the country are digging out Monday after a major winter storm pelted the U.S. over the weekend, but these days, remote learning means not every student got a snow day. School districts always have a complicated decision to make when calling off classes for weather that must factor in the bus companies,

Education expert Sophie McKoy emphasizes that maximizing student engagement through tools like chat functions and small-group discussions is vital for successful remote learning during winter weather disruptions.

Temperatures have remained cold — dipping repeatedly below freezing — since a storm slammed the area with winter precipitation.

North Georgia schools respond to cold with closures and remote learning; Atlanta Public Schools maintain in-person classes.