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Maryland House Bill HB1169 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		hb1169
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10	7		HOUSE BILL 1169
11	8		F3 5lr0981
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13		-	By: ~~Howard County Delegation and~~ Montgomery County Delegation
	10	+	By: Montgomery County Delegation
14	11		Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2025
15	12		Assigned to: Ways and Means
16		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
17		-	House action: Adopted
18		-	Read second time: March 5, 2025
19	13
20		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
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22	16		AN ACT concerning 1
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24		-	Howard County and Montgomery County – Board of Education – Mandatory 2
25		-	School Holidays 3
	18	+	Montgomery County – Board of Education – Mandatory School Holidays 2
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27		-	MC 6–25 4
	20	+	MC 6–25 3
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29		-	FOR the purpose of requiring the Howard County Board of Education and the Montgomery 5
30		-	County Board of Education to close public schools in the county to students to observe 6
31		-	certain holidays beginning in a certain school year; and generally relating to the 7
32		-	Howard County Board of Education and the Montgomery County Board of Education 8
33		-	and mandatory school holidays. 9
	22	+	FOR the purpose of requiring the Montgomery County Board of Education to close public 4
	23	+	schools in the county to observe certain holidays; and generally relating to the 5
	24	+	Montgomery County Board of Education and mandatory school holidays. 6
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35		-	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10
36		-	Article – Education 11
37		-	Section 7–103(a) 12
38		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
39		-	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
	26	+	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
	27	+	Article – Education 8
	28	+	Section 7–103(a) 9
	29	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 10
	30	+	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
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41		-	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
42		-	Article – Education 16
43		-	Section 7–103(c) 17
44		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 18
45		-	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19
	32	+	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
	33	+	Article – Education 13
	34	+	Section 7–103(c) 14
	35	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
	36	+	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
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47		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20
48		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21 2 HOUSE BILL 1169
	38	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
	39	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
	40	+
	41	+	Article – Education 19
	42	+
	43	+	7–103. 20
	44	+
	45	+	(a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (e), and (f) of this section, each public 21
	46	+	school under the jurisdiction of a county board: 22
	47	+
	48	+	(1) (i) Shall be open for pupil attendance for at least 180 actual school 23 2 HOUSE BILL 1169
	49	+
	50	+
	51	+	days and a minimum of 1,080 school hours during a 10–month period in each school year; 1
	52	+	or 2
	53	+
	54	+	(ii) If normal school attendance is prevented because of conditions 3
	55	+	described in subsection (b) of this section, shall be open for at least 1,080 hours during a 4
	56	+	10–month period; 5
	57	+
	58	+	(2) Shall be open for pupil attendance a minimum of 3 hours during each 6
	59	+	school day; and 7
	60	+
	61	+	(3) May not be open on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays in order to meet 8
	62	+	the 180–day or 1,080–hour requirement of this subsection. 9
	63	+
	64	+	(c) (1) The following days are public school holidays: 10
	65	+
	66	+	(i) Thanksgiving Day and the day after; 11
	67	+
	68	+	(ii) Christmas Eve and from then through January 1; 12
	69	+
	70	+	(iii) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; 13
	71	+
	72	+	(iv) Presidents’ Day; 14
	73	+
	74	+	(v) The Friday before Easter and from then through the Monday 15
	75	+	after Easter; 16
	76	+
	77	+	(vi) Memorial Day; and 17
	78	+
	79	+	(vii) Primary and general election days. 18
	80	+
	81	+	(2) If the federal and State observances of a holiday are on different days, 19
	82	+	the board of education of each county shall determine which date shall be the date of 20
	83	+	observance for the public schools within the county. 21
	84	+
	85	+	(3) The public schools shall devote a part of at least one day to appropriate 22
	86	+	exercises for each of the following: 23
	87	+
	88	+	(i) Washington’s Birthday; 24
	89	+
	90	+	(ii) Lincoln’s Birthday; 25
	91	+
	92	+	(iii) Veterans’ Day; 26
	93	+
	94	+	(iv) Columbus Day; 27
	95	+
	96	+	(v) Arbor Day; 28
	97	+	HOUSE BILL 1169 3
	98	+
	99	+
	100	+	(vi) Black History Month, with an emphasis on Harriet Tubman and 1
	101	+	Frederick Douglass and the contributions they made in the fight against slavery; and 2
	102	+
	103	+	(vii) Any other day of national significance. 3
	104	+
	105	+	(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the public schools, 4
	106	+	in the following counties, may remain open and in session on primary and general election 5
	107	+	days: 6
	108	+
	109	+	(i) Calvert; 7
	110	+
	111	+	(ii) Caroline; 8
	112	+
	113	+	(iii) Dorchester; 9
	114	+
	115	+	(iv) Kent; 10
	116	+
	117	+	(v) Talbot; and 11
	118	+
	119	+	(vi) Worcester. 12
	120	+
	121	+	(5) (I) THIS PARAGRAPH APPLIE S ONLY IN MONTGOMERY 13
	122	+	COUNTY. 14
	123	+
	124	+	(II) THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL 15
	125	+	CLOSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING ALL BUILDI NGS AND OFFICES , 16
	126	+	TO OBSERVE THE FOLLO WING HOLIDAYS: 17
	127	+
	128	+	1. IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWI NG HOLIDAYS BEGIN ON A 18
	129	+	WEEKDAY, THE FIRST DAY ONLY O F: 19
	130	+
	131	+	A. DIWALI; 20
	132	+
	133	+	B. EID AL–ADHA; 21
	134	+
	135	+	C. EID AL–FITR; 22
	136	+
	137	+	D. LUNAR NEW YEAR; AND 23
	138	+
	139	+	E. ROSH HASHANAH; AND 24
	140	+
	141	+	2. YOM KIPPUR. 25
	142	+
	143	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 26
	144	+	1, 2025. 27 4 HOUSE BILL 1169
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52		-	Article – Education 1
53		-
54		-	7–103. 2
55		-
56		-	(a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (e), and (f) of this section, each public 3
57		-	school under the jurisdiction of a county board: 4
58		-
59		-	(1) (i) Shall be open for pupil attendance for at least 180 actual school 5
60		-	days and a minimum of 1,080 school hours during a 10–month period in each school year; 6
61		-	or 7
62		-
63		-	(ii) If normal school attendance is prevented because of conditions 8
64		-	described in subsection (b) of this section, shall be open for at least 1,080 hours during a 9
65		-	10–month period; 10
66		-
67		-	(2) Shall be open for pupil attendance a minimum of 3 hours during each 11
68		-	school day; and 12
69		-
70		-	(3) May not be open on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays in order to meet 13
71		-	the 180–day or 1,080–hour requirement of this subsection. 14
72		-
73		-	(c) (1) The following days are public school holidays: 15
74		-
75		-	(i) Thanksgiving Day and the day after; 16
76		-
77		-	(ii) Christmas Eve and from then through January 1; 17
78		-
79		-	(iii) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; 18
80		-
81		-	(iv) Presidents’ Day; 19
82		-
83		-	(v) The Friday before Easter and from then through the Monday 20
84		-	after Easter; 21
85		-
86		-	(vi) Memorial Day; and 22
87		-
88		-	(vii) Primary and general election days. 23
89		-
90		-	(2) If the federal and State observances of a holiday are on different days, 24
91		-	the board of education of each county shall determine which date shall be the date of 25
92		-	observance for the public schools within the county. 26
93		-
94		-	(3) The public schools shall devote a part of at least one day to appropriate 27
95		-	exercises for each of the following: 28
96		-
97		-	(i) Washington’s Birthday; 29 HOUSE BILL 1169 3
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99		-
100		-
101		-	(ii) Lincoln’s Birthday; 1
102		-
103		-	(iii) Veterans’ Day; 2
104		-
105		-	(iv) Columbus Day; 3
106		-
107		-	(v) Arbor Day; 4
108		-
109		-	(vi) Black History Month, with an emphasis on Harriet Tubman and 5
110		-	Frederick Douglass and the contributions they made in the fight against slavery; and 6
111		-
112		-	(vii) Any other day of national significance. 7
113		-
114		-	(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the public schools, 8
115		-	in the following counties, may remain open and in session on primary and general election 9
116		-	days: 10
117		-
118		-	(i) Calvert; 11
119		-
120		-	(ii) Caroline; 12
121		-
122		-	(iii) Dorchester; 13
123		-
124		-	(iv) Kent; 14
125		-
126		-	(v) Talbot; and 15
127		-
128		-	(vi) Worcester. 16
129		-
130		-	(5) (I) THIS PARAGRAPH APPLIE S ONLY IN HOWARD AND 17
131		-	MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNTIES. 18
132		-
133		-	(II) THE BEGINNING IN THE 2026–2027 SCHOOL YEAR , THE 19
134		-	HOWARD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD 20
135		-	OF EDUCATION SHALL CLOSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN TH E COUNTY, INCLUDING ALL 21
136		-	BUILDINGS AND OFFICE S, FOR STUDENT ATTENDAN CE ONLY TO OBSERVE THE 22
137		-	FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS : 23
138		-
139		-	1. IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWI NG HOLIDAYS BEGIN ON A 24
140		-	WEEKDAY, THE THE FIRST DAY ONLY OF : 25
141		-
142		-	A. DIWALI; 26
143		-
144		-	B. EID AL–ADHA; 27
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147		-
148		-	C. EID AL–FITR; 1
149		-
150		-	D. LUNAR NEW YEAR; AND 2
151		-
152		-	E. ROSH HASHANAH; AND 3
153		-
154		-	2. YOM KIPPUR; AND 4
155		-
156		-	3. JUNETEENTH . 5
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158		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 6
159		-	1, 2025. 7
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164		-	Approved:
165		-	________________________________________________________________________________
166		-	Governor.
167		-	________________________________________________________________________________
168		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
169		-	________________________________________________________________________________
170		-	President of the Senate.