Bill Text: VA HB591 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: School calendar; opening of school year in certain school divisions prior to Labor Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-01 - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (7-Y 8-N) [HB591 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB591-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 591 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 10, 2012 A BILL to authorize the school boards of the City of Martinsville, Henry County, and Pittsylvania County school divisions to set the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend school may be before Labor Day. ---------- Patrons-- Merricks and Marshall, D.W. ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  §1. Opening of the school year in the City of Martinsville, Henry County, and Pittsylvania County.

Notwithstanding the provisions of §22.1-79.1 of the Code of Virginia, the school boards of the City of Martinsville, Henry County, and Pittsylvania County school divisions may set the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend school is prior to Labor Day.