FILE:  GBRL

 

HOLIDAYS

 

 

The East Feliciana 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.

 

The following have been designated as holidays within the system:

 

New Year's Eve

New Year's Day

Martin L. King Day

Mardi Gras

Good Friday

Memorial Day

Independence Day - July 4th

Labor Day

Thanksgiving

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

 

General election day shall be designated by each school system as a holiday every four (4) 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.

 

Twelve month employees shall be given one day per month as a floating holiday.  Unused floating holidays in any fiscal year shall not be carried over to the next fiscal year.

 

Revised:  September, 2004  Re-Adopted:  July 3, 2007
Revised:  March, 2006 Revised:  July 7, 2020
Re-Adopted:  May 2, 2006 Revised:  April 5, 2022

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง1:55, 17:81

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

Board minutes, 10-3-78, 8-4-98, 5-4-99, 4-5-05, 5-2-06, 7-3-07, 7-7-20, 4-5-22