PRINTER'S NO. 3605
No. 2580 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY DEAL, IRVIS, MANDERINO, RICHARDSON, PISTELLA,
COHEN, F. TAYLOR, PRESTON, McHALE, MORRIS, BARBER, LINTON,
EVANS, HARPER, OLIVER, FEE, ACOSTA, R. C. WRIGHT, ROEBUCK,
JOSEPHS, TRUMAN, FATTAH, VEON, COLAFELLA, BURNS, WIGGINS,
BARBER, CARN, LEVDANSKY, COHEN, DeLUCA, PETRONE, RUDY,
DeWEESE, McCALL, LAUGHLIN AND STABACK, JUNE 5, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 5, 1986
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," providing that schools shall be
6 closed on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1502 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1508, No.529), is amended to
12 read:
13 Section 1502. Days Schools not to be Kept Open.--No school
14 shall be kept open on any Saturday for the purpose of ordinary
15 instruction, except when Monday is fixed by the board of school
16 directors as the weekly holiday, or on Sunday, Memorial Day,
17 Fourth of July, [or] Christmas, or the third Monday of January,
18 known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, nor shall any school
1 be kept open in any district during the time of holding the
2 teachers' institute for such district. Whenever Memorial day
3 shall be on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a holiday.
4 Section 2. This act shall not apply in any situation where
5 specific holidays or vacation days are, on the effective date of
6 this act, established by contract or agreement; but no such
7 contract or agreement shall be extended or renewed without
8 providing for observance of the legal holiday provided for by
9 this act.
10 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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