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17 GCA § 6101

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Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 17 — Education
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It shall be the duty of the Board to adopt and place into effect for the public schools of Guam standards and standard practices regarding hours of commencement of schools and classes, recesses, lunch periods and hours of discontinuance of classes.

(a)Such standards and standard practices shall be adopted in accordance with sound educational practices with due regard for health, growth and general welfare of the pupils.

(b)Such standards so adopted shall also cause the standardization of all school policies in such a manner as to be not inconsistent with the Organic Act of Guam or with the economic means of parents.

§ The story of this section

  1. Amended by P.L. 24-142 § 11 — introduced as Bill 324-24 · introduced by Lawrence F. Kasperbauer + 13 cosponsors
  2. Amended by P.L. 26-26 § 3 — introduced as Bill 1-26 · introduced by Lawrence F. Kasperbauer
  3. Amended by P.L. 26-104 § 3 — introduced as Bill 290-26 · introduced by Lawrence F. Kasperbauer

Interpreted by the courts:

  • 2013 Guam 14Guam Federation of Teachers as agent for Matthew Rector, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, Pet (2013) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · cited at ¶38

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.