ARTICLE XI. HOLIDAYS

1. Beginning with the 2026-27 fiscal year, bargaining unit members shall be entitled to the twelve and a half (12.5) paid holidays set forth in education Code section 45203, provided they were in paid status during any portion of the working day immediately preceding or succeeding the holiday as follows:

Holidays - Date Observed

New Year's Day- January 1

Martin Luther King Day - Third Monday in January or Monday or Friday in the week in which January 15 occurs

Lincoln's Day - Monday or Friday in the week in which February 12 occurs

Washington's Day - Third Monday in February

Memorial Day - Last Monday in May

Juneteenth - June 19

Independence Day - July 4

Labor Day - First Monday in September

Veteran's Day - November 11

Thanksgiving - That Thursday in November is proclaimed by the President as Thanksgiving Day, and the Friday following

Christmas Eve - December 24 (1/2 day)

Christmas - December 25

2. Student non-attendance days during the winter and spring recesses shall not be considered holidays for bargaining unit members required to work during these periods

3. Regular unit members not normally assigned to duty during the winter recess shall be paid for holidays scheduled during the recess period provided they were in paid status during any portion of the workday of their normal assignment immediately preceding or succeeding the holiday period.

4. When a holiday listed above falls on a Sunday, the following workday, not a holiday, shall be deemed to be the holiday in lieu of the day observed. When such a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding workday, not a holiday, shall be deemed to be the holiday in lieu of the day observed.

5. In-Lieu Holidays: The parties recognize that the school calendar may require an adjustment of the date on which some holidays are celebrated. As such, subject to consultation with the Association, the District may move days so long as the total number of paid holidays remains the same.