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2011 SESSION

11100951D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1537
Offered January 12, 2011
Prefiled December 28, 2010
A BILL to authorize the school boards of the City of Danville, the City of Martinsville, Henry County, and Pittsylvania County school divisions to set the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend school may be before Labor Day.
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Patron-- Merricks
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  § 1. Opening of the school year in the City of Danville, the City of Martinsville, Henry County, and Pittsylvania County.

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 22.1-79.1 of the Code of Virginia, the school boards of the City of Danville, the City of Martinsville, Henry County, and Pittsylvania County school divisions may set the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend school is prior to Labor Day.