Advance Calendar

This is the second step of the school year rollover. Here you move your district calendar into the new school year.

What this step asks for

Two dates:

• 1st Nine Week End Date
• 3rd Nine Week End Date

Every other quarter date is derived from these two, so these are the only ones you enter.

Both are required. The fields arrive pre-filled with your current calendar, which means the dates you see when you open the step are last year's until you change them.

The dates have to straddle the school year

The first-nine-week end date must fall in the autumn (July through December), and the third-nine-week end date must fall in the spring (January through June) of the following calendar year. A 2026-2027 school year, for example, ends its first nine weeks in autumn 2026 and its third in spring 2027.

If the pair does not line up that way, the step refuses the change and tells you which date is wrong. Nothing is saved when that happens, so your existing calendar is left alone.

You can come back to it

This step stays open for the rest of the rollover. Until you submit, you can return and correct the dates as many times as you need. The Change link next to Calendar on the Review & Submit step brings you straight back here.