School districts in Missouri currently must provide 1,044 hours of instruction, or approximately 166 days, per school year. Some districts build in snow days to their calendar, while others opt to use up to 36 virtual learning hours instead. The state caps the number of weather makeup days at 10, forgiving any above that cap.

Kansas City continues to recover from its largest snowstorm in 63 years. Over 11 inches of snow blanketed the city, prompting emergency crews to work tirelessly to clear roadways. FOX Weather Meteorologist Kendall Smith is live from the snow command center in Kansas City,