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*hb1090*
HOUSE BILL 1090
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HB 1169/25 – W&M
By: Montgomery County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: February 10, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Montgomery County – Board of Education – Mandatory School Holidays 2
MC 9–26 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Montgomery County Board of Education to close public 4
schools in the county to students to observe certain holidays beginning in a certain 5
school year; and generally relating to the Montgomery County Board of Education 6
and mandatory school holidays. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Education 9
Section 7–103(a) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 12
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Education 14
Section 7–103(c) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 17
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENER AL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
Article – Education 20
7–103. 21
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (e), (f), and (g) of this section, each public 22
school under the jurisdiction of a county board: 23
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(1) (i) Shall be open for pupil attendance for at least 180 actual school 1
days and a minimum of 1,080 school hours during a 10 –month period in each school year; 2
or 3
(ii) If normal school attendance is prevented because of conditions 4
described in subsection (b) of thi s section, shall be open for at least 1,080 hours during a 5
10–month period; 6
(2) Shall be open for pupil attendance a minimum of 3 hours during each 7
school day; and 8
(3) May not be open on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays in order to meet 9
the 180–day or 1,080–hour requirement of this subsection. 10
(c) (1) The following days are public school holidays: 11
(i) Thanksgiving Day and the day after; 12
(ii) Christmas Eve and from then through January 1; 13
(iii) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; 14
(iv) Presidents’ Day; 15
(v) The Friday before Easter and from then through the Monday 16
after Easter; 17
(vi) Memorial Day; and 18
(vii) Primary and general election days. 19
(2) If the federal and State observances of a holiday are on different days, 20
the board of e ducation of each county shall determine which date shall be the date of 21
observance for the public schools within the county. 22
(3) The public schools shall devote a part of at least one day to appropriate 23
exercises for each of the following: 24
(i) Washington’s Birthday; 25
(ii) Lincoln’s Birthday; 26
(iii) Veterans’ Day; 27
(iv) Columbus Day; 28
(v) Arbor Day; 29
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(vi) Black History Month, with an emphasis on Harriet Tubman and 1
Frederick Douglass and the contributions they made in the fight against slavery; and 2
(vii) Any other day of national significance. 3
(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the public schools, 4
in the following counties, may remain open and in session on primary and general election 5
days: 6
(i) Calvert; 7
(ii) Caroline; 8
(iii) Dorchester; 9
(iv) Kent; 10
(v) Talbot; and 11
(vi) Worcester. 12
(5) (I) THIS PARAGRAPH APPLIE S ONLY IN MONTGOMERY 13
COUNTY. 14
(II) BEGINNING IN THE 2027–2028 SCHOOL YEAR , THE 15
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CLOSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 16
THE COUNTY FOR STUDENT ATTENDANCE TO OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS: 17
1. THE FIRST DAY ONLY OF: 18
A. DIWALI; 19
B. EID AL–ADHA; 20
C. EID AL–FITR; 21
D. LUNAR NEW YEAR; AND 22
E. ROSH HASHANAH; 23
2. YOM KIPPUR; AND 24
3. JUNETEENTH. 25
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1
1, 2026. 2