Flexible Instructional Day (FID) Program Application

The Flexible Instructional Day (FID) program is available to public school entities to be used as an alternative approach to delivering instruction if a circumstance arises that prevents instruction in the customary manner.  Entities must have an accepted application to use FIDs.

The 2026-27 SY FID application can be found on the Future Ready Comprehensive Planning Portal (FRCPP).  The window opens on or prior to April 1 and closes on June 1.  A complete application includes either Board minutes or a Board President Affirmation Statement that attests to the fact that the Board reviewed and approved the application for submission so applicants are advised to add the approval of the application to an upcoming Spring School Board meeting agenda.

For a list of accepted FID programs along with the effective and termination dates, please visit our website. If you have an accepted FID application and it terminates on 6/30/26, then your entity would need to reapply during the window or you will lose the program for the 2026-27 SY.  You would be able to reapply in the future.

For questions about the FID program, please email RA-FID@pa.gov.