The leader of the Iowa Department of Education has been getting a lot of calls and questions as the number of school days canceled by winter weather continues to mount. Director Ryan Wise says making up the days depends on whether school districts set their yearly calendar based a set number of hours or a set number of days.

One of the questions Wise gets is if the Ed Department or the governor can waive the calendar requirement in years like this one.

“There’s no power granted to the governor or the department or the director to waive that requirement, ” he says.  Each district makes its own decision on when the weather is too bad to hold classes.