New York City public school students won’t be going to class for the required 180 days this year in what could be considered a loophole, according to a recent report .

According to New York state law, 180 days is the minimum number of instructional days that schools are required to provide in order to qualify for state funding. But, according to Chalkbeat, students will be attending school for 176 days.

The remaining four days will be counted as staff development days, which meet the requirements under state regulations, according to Chalkbeat.

Those four days include the two days before the new school year began, which were Sept. 2 and Sept. 3, as well as Election Day on Nov. 4, and Anniversary/Chancellor’s Conference Day on June 4.

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