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Council holds position on MC 625 school closure bill pending Board of Education input

2382312 · February 21, 2025
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Council members voted to hold taking a position on local bill MC 625, which would set six systemwide no-student-attendance days (including Juneteenth), until the Board of Education provides a formal position and fiscal impact detail.

The Montgomery County Council agreed to hold taking a position on MC 625, a local bill that would designate six days with no student attendance on the county public-school calendar, until the Board of Education completes its review and states a position.

Kathleen Boucher, Special Assistant to the Director in the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, briefed the council on the bill and recent amendments. She said the bill originally required a systemwide closure for six days but the…

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