HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(c) In any year where there are less than 180 school
days pursuant to an application approved under (b) above,
there shall be no reduction in education funding from State
or local sources in accordance with the approval granted
under (b) above.

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Schools shall be kept open each day during the school
year, except Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, for not less
than six hours.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section 1
of this Act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure
and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article - Education

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(b) (1) If a county board submits a written
application to the State Board that describes a demonstrated
effort by the county board to comply with subsection (a) of
this section, the State Board may permit:

(i) Adjustments in the length of the
school year;

(ii) Exceptions from the requirement that
the school year be completed within a 10-month period;

(iii) Adjustments in the length of the
school day; and

(iv) Schools to be open on holidays.

(2) These adjustments may be granted only if
normal school attendance is prevented because of:

(i) Natural disaster;

(ii) Civil disaster; or

(iii) Severe weather conditions.