The New Mexico Public Education Department's rule requiring districts have 180 instructional days in the calendar per year is once again being debated in court. (Photo by Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images) ...

The group of superintendents filed the suit in the 9th Judicial District Court in Curry County where the districts of four of the superintendents are located. (Photo by Anna Padilla for Source New ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Rural school districts have been fighting a new statewide rule to require 180 days in the classroom each school year. Many of those districts have operated on a four-day week for ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – There’s a new legal battle between our state’s Public Education Department and the dozens of school districts it oversees. It’s all about how long our children should be in school.