UTSA Holidays
UTSA Holiday Schedule 2021 - 2022
| Date | Holiday | Day |
| September 6, 2021 | Labor Day | Monday |
| November 25, 2021 | Thanksgiving Day | Thursday |
| November 26, 2021 | Day after Thanksgiving | Friday |
| December 24, 2021 | Christmas Eve | Friday |
| December 27, 2021 | Winter Holiday (No Skeleton Crew) | Monday |
| December 28, 2021 | Winter Holiday (No Skeleton Crew) | Tuesday |
| December 29, 2021 | Winter Holiday (Skeleton Crew Required)* | Wednesday |
| December 30, 2021 | Winter Holiday (Skeleton Crew Required)* | Thursday |
| December 31, 2021 | New Year's Eve (Skeleton Crew Required)* | Friday |
| January 17, 2022 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Monday |
| May 30, 2022 | Memorial Day | Monday |
| July 4, 2022 | Independence Day – 4th of July | Monday |
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After the winter holiday, the university will reopen on Monday, January 3, 2022.
Texas Legislators designated 12 holidays for fiscal year 2021-2022. The total number of holidays awarded to state employees fluctuates annually, generally because a holiday is not observed when it falls on Saturday or Sunday. Institutions of higher education may rearrange state holidays and establish their own holidays to provide more effective work schedules that are consistent with the academic calendar.
*Skeleton work crew days: In accordance with the provisions of the Texas Government Code § 662.004, “a state agency shall have enough employees on duty during a state holiday to conduct the public business of the institution.” The skeleton work crew requirement excludes days where a federal holiday is designated on a different day. This year, Veterans Day and Presidents’ Day will be observed on Thursday, December 27, 2021, and Monday, December 28, 2021, respectively.
An employee who serves as a member of a skeleton crew will be granted state compensatory time in lieu of the holiday in accordance to Chapter 4.27, section C. of the Handbook of Operating Procedures “State Compensatory Time.” State compensatory time off must be scheduled within twelve (12) months following the work week in which the compensatory time was earned with the prior approval of the employee’s supervisor.
State compensatory time may also be used to observe an additional religious holiday(s) or a state or national holiday that is not officially observed by UTSA. The Texas Legislature has specified Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Cesar Chavez Day and Good Friday as optional holidays. Employees are entitled to observe these holidays provided that they work a skeleton crew holiday or use accrued and available leave.
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