SENATE BILL No. 1260

April 30, 2002, Introduced by Senator MURPHY and referred to the Committee on Government

Operations.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

by amending section 1175 (MCL 380.1175), as amended by 1995 PA

289.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 1175. (1) THE FOLLOWING ARE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE

2 PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS STATE:

3 (A) January 1, New Year's day. ; the

4 (B) THE last Monday of May, Memorial or Decoration day. ;

5 (C) July 4. ; the

6 (D) THE first Monday in September, Labor day. ; the

7 (E) THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER IN

8 EACH EVEN NUMBERED YEAR, GENERAL ELECTION DAY.

9 (F) THE fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving day. ,

10 and

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1 (G) December 25, Christmas day. , shall be public holidays

2 in the public schools of this state.

3 (2) If 1 of these THE days DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1)

4 falls on Sunday, the Monday following shall be a public holiday

5 in the public schools. A school session shall not be held on the

6 public holidays described in this subsection in a public school

7 in this state. The salary of a school officer or a teacher shall

8 not be affected by reason of the dismissal of school on the days

9 described in this subsection.

10 (3) (2) On the A SCHOOL OFFICER OR TEACHER SHALL HAVE EACH

11 SCHOOL UNDER THE OFFICER'S OR TEACHER'S CONTROL OBSERVE EACH OF

12 THE FOLLOWING DAYS BY AN APPROPRIATE COMMEMORATIVE EXERCISE:

13 (A) THE third Monday in January in conjunction with the fed-

14 eral holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. day. ;

15 (B) February 12, Lincoln's birthday. ; the

16 (C) THE third Monday of February, Washington's birthday. ;

17 (D) September 17, the date of the adoption of the federal

18 constitution. ; the

19 (E) THE second Monday in October, Columbus day. ; and

20 (F) November 11, Veteran's day. , a school officer or

21 teacher shall have each school under the officer's or teacher's

22 control observe the day by a proper and appropriate commemorative

23 exercise.

24 (4) A commemorative exercise UNDER SUBSECTION (3) may

25 include or involve the assignment of schoolwork to teach the sig-

26 nificance of the days described in this THAT subsection, which

27 shall not be considered as ARE NOT legal holidays for schools.

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1 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take

2 effect unless Senate Bill No. 1259

3 of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

4 law.

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