School year coming to end for 16 Florida counties. Others have to wait a little longer. See list
Most counties will keep students in school until next week, with the school year ending sometime during the week following the Memorial Day holiday.
Students in seven counties will stay in school until early June.
For counties where school is still in session, all students will be off for the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 26.
Meanwhile, a state law that required later start times for middle and high school students beginning in the 2026-2027 school year may not happen.
Columbia: May 23 last day of school
Escambia: May 23 last day of school
Gadsden: May 23 last day of school
Hamilton: May 23 last day of school
Hardee: May 23 last day of school
Highlands: May 23 last day of school
Jackson: May 23 last day of school
Jefferson: May 23 last day of school
Lafayette: May 23 last day of school
Leon: May 23 last day of school
Madison: May 22 last day of school
Suwannee: May 23 last day of school
Taylor: May 29 last day of school
Union: May 23 last day of school
Wakulla: May 23 last day of school
Washington: May 23 last day of school
Alachua: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. June 3 last day of school
Baker: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
Bay: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
Bradford: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
Brevard: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
Broward: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. June 5 last day of school
Calhoun: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
Charlotte: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Citrus: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Clay: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Collier: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Columbia: May 23 last day of school
DeSoto: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Dixie: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. June 2 last day of school
Duval: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Escambia: May 23 last day of school
Flagler: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Franklin: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Gadsden: May 23 last day of school
Gilchrist: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Glades: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Gulf: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
Hamilton: May 23 last day of school
Hardee: May 23 last day of school
Hendry: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Hernando: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Highlands: May 23 last day of school
Hillsborough: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Holmes: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
Indian River: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Jackson: May 23 last day of school
Jefferson: May 23 last day of school
Lafayette: May 23 last day of school
Lake: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Lee: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. June 3 last day of school
Leon: May 23 last day of school
Levy: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Liberty: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Madison: May 22 last day of school
Manatee: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Martin: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Miami-Dade: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. June 5 last day of school
Monroe: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Nassau: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Okaloosa: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Okeechobee: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Orange: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
Osceola: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Palm Beach: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Pasco: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Pinellas: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Polk: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Putnam: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Santa Rosa: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Sarasota: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 29 last day of school
Seminole: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
St. Johns: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
St. Lucie: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. June 2 last day of school
Sumter: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. June 3 last day of school
Suwannee: May 23 last day of school
Taylor: May 29 last day of school
Union: May 23 last day of school
Volusia: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 28 last day of school
Wakulla: May 23 last day of school
Walton: Closed May 26 for Memorial Day. May 30 last day of school
Washington: May 23 last day of school
In 2023, a law was passed in Florida that said high schools could not start earlier than 8:30 a.m. and middle schools could not start earlier than 8 a.m. The law is supposed to take effect in the 2026-2027 school year.
That new law is now coming under fire and may not happen. "Overwhelming" feedback from school districts revealed that implementing the change could cost the districts big to buy new buses and hire more, already-hard-to-find bus drivers.
Senate Bill 296, which will go before Gov. Ron DeSantis for his signature, provides an exemption from the required change to later school start times if the local school board or district submits a report to the state by June 1, 2026 with the following information:
Current school start times of schools in the district
Documentation of strategies considered to implement later start times for middle and high schools
Description of the impacts of implementing later start times.
What the "unintended consequences" of implementing the later start times would be.
SB 296 passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate.
in 2025, there are 12 instead of the usual 11 federal holidays, although two — Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day — fell on the same day.
Here are 2025 federal holidays:
Jan. 1: New Year's Day
Jan. 20: Inauguration Day; Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Feb. 17: Washington's Birthday. Many state and local governments designation it as Presidents Day.
May 26: Memorial Day
June 19: Juneteenth
July 4: Independence Day
Sept. 1: Labor Day
Oct. 13: Columbus Day
Nov. 11: Veterans Day
Nov. 27: Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 25: Christmas Day
The Florida Department of Management Services lists the following days observed as paid holidays by state agencies:
➤ See list of 2025 Florida, federal holidays, including new one for Sunshine State
Jan. 1, Wednesday: New Year's Day
Jan. 20, Monday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
May 26, Monday: Memorial Day
July 4, Friday: Independence Day
Sept. 1, Monday: Labor Day
Nov. 11, Tuesday: Veterans Day
Nov. 27, Thursday: Thanksgiving
Nov. 28: Friday after Thanksgiving
Dec. 25, Thursday: Christmas Day
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: When is the last day of school in Florida? See list by county
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