PRINTER'S NO. 182
No. 163 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, TIGUE, FAIRCHILD, LETTERMAN, VROON,
STUBAN, ROBINSON, ALLEN, DIETTERICK, CIVERA, JOHNSON,
MRKONIC, GEIST, S. H. SMITH, DEMPSEY, WASS, BURD, LEH,
BELFANTI, BUNT, NOYE, DALEY, ANGSTADT, E. Z. TAYLOR, McCALL,
VEON, BELARDI, OLASZ AND RAYMOND, JANUARY 31, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 31, 1989
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 Veterans' 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, Veterans' Day or Christmas nor shall any school
18 be kept open in any district during the time of holding the
1 teachers' institute for such district. Whenever Memorial [day]
2 Day or Veterans' Day shall be on a Sunday, the following Monday
3 shall be a holiday.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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