15-801. School year; school month;
holidays


A. Except as may be otherwise authorized by the superintendent of public
instruction to accommodate a year-round school operation, an educational program offered
on the basis of a four day school week or an alternative kindergarten program offered on
the basis of a three day school week, the school year shall begin July 1 and end June 30
and a school month is twenty school days, or four weeks of five days each.


B. When July 4, Veterans' Day, December 25 or Thanksgiving Day occurs within the
school week, the schools shall be closed and the compensation of the teachers shall not
be diminished on that account. Governing boards of school districts may declare a recess
during the Christmas holiday season of not to exceed two school weeks and teachers shall
receive compensation during the recess.