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Don’t start school before Labor Day, group says

A coalition of state legislators and tourism officials voiced support for the current law requiring schools to begin after Labor Day, the traditional end of the tourism season, unless they get permission from the state.

February 3, 2015 2

Schools still can’t open before Labor Day

At the start of the 2012 legislative session, momentum was building for bills to repeal Virginia’s so-called “Kings Dominion law,” which prohibits public schools from opening before Labor Day without special permission. But by the session’s end, each of those bills had died.

March 12, 2012 1

Repeal of ‘Kings Dominion Law’ moves to Senate

Virginia school districts finally may be able to start classes before Labor Day without getting special permission under a bill that the House approved and sent to the Senate. But it remains uncertain whether the measure will survive in the upper chamber; the Senate committee killed a similar Senate bill on a 9-6 vote last month.

February 10, 2012 0

Momentum builds to let schools open before Labor Day

Gov. Robert McDonnell wants to give Virginia school systems the authority to start classes before Labor Day with a proposal to repeal Virginia’s so-called “Kings Dominion law.” The law prohibits public schools from opening before Labor Day unless they obtain a waiver from the state.

January 16, 2012 3