FILE:  GBRL

HOLIDAYS

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall establish the holiday schedule for all personnel in addition to those included in the adoption of a school calendar.  Whenever a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the School Board may declare that the holiday be observed on the preceding Friday or following Monday, respectively.

General election day shall be designated by each school system as a holiday every four years for the presidential election.  The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years where the parish governing body has established a polling place at a public school shall also be designated as a holiday.

Revised:  September, 2004

Revised:  January 16, 2020

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§1:55, 17:81

Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education

Board minutes, 1-20-05, 1-16-20

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board