State Holiday Schedule Fiscal Year 2021

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State Holiday Schedule Fiscal Year 2021 State Holiday Schedule Fiscal Year 2021 HOLIDAY AGENCY STATUS DATE DAY OF WEEK Labor Day All agencies closed 09/07/20 Monday Rosh Hashanah 09/19/20 Saturday Rosh Hashanah 09/20/20 Sunday Yom Kippur Optional Holiday 09/28/20 Monday Veterans Day All agencies closed 11/11/20 Wednesday Thanksgiving Day All agencies closed 11/26/20 Thursday Day After Thanksgiving All agencies closed 11/27/20 Friday Christmas Eve Day All agencies closed 12/24/20 Thursday Christmas Day All agencies closed 12/25/20 Friday Day After Christmas 12/26/20 Saturday New Year’s Day All agencies closed 01/01/21 Friday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day All agencies closed 01/18/21 Monday Confederate Heroes Day Skeleton crew required 01/19/21 Tuesday President’s Day All agencies closed 02/15/21 Monday Texas Independence Day Skeleton crew required 03/02/21 Tuesday Cesar Chavez Day Optional Holiday 03/31/21 Wednesday Good Friday Optional Holiday 04/02/21 Friday San Jacinto Day Skeleton crew required 04/21/21 Wednesday Memorial Day All agencies closed 05/31/21 Monday Emancipation Day 06/19/21 Saturday Independence Day 07/04/21 Sunday LBJ Day Skeleton crew required 08/27/21 Friday Source: Texas Government Code, Chapter 662 Weekend Holidays: Offices will not be closed on another day when designated holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Such holidays will not be observed. Skeleton Crew Holidays: A state agency must have enough state employees on duty to conduct business during the skeleton crew holidays listed. Compensatory time off during the 12-month period following the holiday worked will be allowed for this duty. Optional Holidays: An employee is entitled to observe an optional holiday if the employee agrees to relinquish a state holiday (skeleton crew day) during that same fiscal year. If a skeleton crew day is not worked following the optional holiday taken off, either a day of vacation leave will be used or the employee’s pay will be docked for the amount owed to the state. .
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