Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 96 in Riga 2010 February 2 (Mon. 6. § 12) rules for the 2010/2011 school year and term start and end time are Issued in accordance with the General Education Act, article 4, paragraph 1, rule 16 down./2011 school year and term start and end time, those general educational institutions that implement the general primary education and general secondary education programs. 2. the school year 2010 begins September 1. 3.1-8. classes and 10-11 grade learners of the school year ends may 31, 2011. 9. class 4 learners learning ends may 20, 2011, but the school year ends June 10, 2011. 5.12. class learners learning ends may 20, 2011, but the school year ends June 17, 2011. 6. the school year consists of two semesters: the first semester 6.1 lasts from 1 September 2010 to 23rd December 2010;
6.2. the second semester lasts: 6.2.1.1.-8. classes and 10-11 class learners, from 6 January 2011 until 31 May 2011;
6.2.2.9. class learners, from 6 January 2011 to 10 June 2011;
6.2.3. for class 12 students – from 6 January 2011 until 17 June 2011. 7. in the academic year following holidays learners: 7.1.-2010 Autumn holidays from 25 October to 29 October 2010;
7.2. the winter holidays – from 27 December 2010 to 5 January 2011;
7.3. spring break 2011-from 21 March to 25 March 2011;
7.4. summer vacation 1-8. classes and class 10-11 learners-from June 1, 2011 to august 31, 2011. 8. the education authority alone shall decide on one week additional holidays class 1 learners. Additional holiday organised by second semester. 9. Education Authority alone shall decide on the project for the duration of the week. Project weeks organized in the second semester. 10. If during the school year there was extreme situations which cannot be foreseen and which sustained (at least one week) it is not possible to ensure the learning process according to the law, educational institutions founder of the particular circumstances of an emergency assessment is entitled to take a decision on the extension of the school year 1-8. classes and 10-11 grade learners. 11. The municipality after the proposal of the Director of education authorities may independently decide on winter holiday extension for one or two days, with the dates on this day for the 2010/2011 atstrādāšan school year. Prime Minister v. dombrovsky, Minister of education and science t. koķe