Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-116

Opinion No. 116 Schools-Holidays-Sunday. HELD: That those holidays falling on Sunday which the statute provides shall be observed as legal holidays on the following Monday are business holi- days and not school holidays. Conse- quently, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 were not legal holidays where Dec. 25 and .Tan. 1 fell on Sunday. March Hi, 1933. You have requested an opinion of this office relative to legal holidays for puhlic schools. Section 1062, R. C. M. 1921, controls and prol"ides that New Years Day. :\Iemorial Day, Independence Day, and Lahor Day shall be legal holidays for all public schools. In the snme section reference is made to certain exercises to be conducted by public schools in commemoration. of certain other holi- days but such holidays are not made legal holidays in the sense that those first named abOl'e are. Holidays that fall on Sunday and which the statute provides the follow- ing day shall be a legal holiday applies only to business holidays aDd are ex- cepted from school holidays. Conse quently December 26 and January 2 were not legal holi(!ays where Decem- ber 25 and January 1 fell on Sunday.