Bill Text: MS SB2246 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School term; cannot begin before Labor Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2246 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2246-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Education

By: Senator(s) Watson

Senate Bill 2246

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ANNUAL SCHOOL TERM SHALL NOT BEGIN BEFORE THE TUESDAY FOLLOWING LABOR DAY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 37-13-61, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     37-13-61.  The local school board shall have the power and authority to fix the date for the opening and closing of the school term, subject to the minimum number of days which schools must be in session during a scholastic year, as prescribed under Section 37-13-63.  However, local school boards are authorized to keep school in session in excess of the minimum number of days prescribed in Section 37-13-63.  Provided, however, that the school term shall not begin before the Tuesday following Labor Day.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.

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