The variable school calendar for a public school or school district shall be in lieu of any other school calendar provided by law, and all requirements for reporting or operating under existing school calendars shall be suspended for the public school or school district upon the initiation of operations under a variable school calendar. The public school or school district shall continue to operate under the approved variable school calendar until the local school board discontinues the variable school calendar.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-22-6, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 16, § 6; 1993, ch. 24, § 3; 2003, ch. 153, § 63.

The 2003 amendment, effective April 4, 2003, deleted "of approval of request" at the end of the section heading; substituted "The variable school" for "Upon approval of the state board of the request of a local school board for operation under a variable school calendar, such" at the beginning of the section; deleted "and the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto" at the end of the first sentence; inserted "public" preceding "school" near the beginning of the second sentence; substituted "discontinues" for "requests the state board by resolution for approval of the discontinuance of" following "local school board" in the second sentence; and deleted "and the request is approved by the state board" at the end of the section.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "state board" for "state department of education" and "department" and made minor stylistic changes.