In the Free State there is no uniform regulation as to when classes are canceled at high temperatures – the headmaster decides that. Why most refrain from sending classes home.
Despite climate change with rising temperatures in many places and more hot days, there are fewer and fewer heat-free days for Bavarian schoolchildren. There is no legal regulation for release because of heat, said a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Education at the request of the German Press Agency in Munich. The decision is the responsibility of the school administration.
According to the information, there are several reasons for the heat-free regulation being dropped in more and more schools: More and more schools are equipped with air conditioning systems. Due to the half-day and full-day care offered, the pupils can no longer simply be sent home at short notice due to the heat. “Heat-free for 1,000 students no longer exists,” emphasized Simone Fleischmann, President of the Bavarian Teachers’ Association. However, if there is a “bull heat” in the classroom and teachers and students melt away, alternatives to teaching must be found.
However, the Bavarian Parents’ Association would like a legal regulation. This would give school administrations legal certainty and thus encourage them to make decisions in the interests of the children more often. In some places the motto applies: What is not expressly permitted is forbidden. However, the association rejects a rigid specification of when there should be a heat break.