January 9, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Rick Jones, Horn, Elsenheimer, Palmer, Caswell, Moore, Moolenaar, Sheltrown, Stahl, Garfield, Mayes, Steil, Pastor, Brandenburg, LaJoy, Green, Moss, Pearce, Calley, Emmons, Agema, Knollenberg, Marleau, Meltzer, Rocca, Opsommer, Ball, Stakoe, Nofs, Sheen, Robertson, Hansen, Hoogendyk, Palsrok, Hune, Huizenga, Dean, Schuitmaker, Meekhof, Shaffer, Pavlov, Amos, Booher, Caul, Simpson and Virgil Smith and referred to the Committee on Education.
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:
Sec. 1175. (1) January 1, New Year's day; the last Monday of
May, Memorial or Decoration day; July 4; the first Monday in
September, Labor day; the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving
day, and December 25, Christmas day, shall be public holidays in
the public schools of this state. If 1 of these days falls on
Sunday, the Monday following shall be a public holiday in the
public schools. A school session shall not be held on the public
holidays described in this subsection in a public school in this
state. The salary of a school officer or a teacher shall not be
affected by reason of the dismissal of school on the days described
in this subsection.
(2) On the third Monday in January in conjunction with the
federal holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. day; February 12,
Lincoln's birthday; the third Monday of February, Washington's
birthday; September 17, the date of the adoption of the federal
constitution; the second Monday in October, Columbus day; and
November 11, Veteran's day, a school officer or teacher shall have
each school under the officer's or teacher's control observe the
day by a proper and appropriate commemorative exercise. A
commemorative exercise may include or involve the assignment of
schoolwork to teach the significance of the days described in this
subsection, which shall not be considered as legal holidays for
schools.
(3) A school administrator in a public school may, at his or
her discretion, conduct a celebratory event in a school under his
or her control to celebrate a holiday listed in subsection (1)
during a time when school is in session. Whether or not there is a
celebratory event conducted in the school, a teacher in a public
school may, at his or her discretion, conduct a celebratory event
in a classroom under his or her control to celebrate a holiday
listed in subsection (1) during a time when school is in session.