Religious Holiday Observance
SDSU affirms its commitment to accommodating students, faculty and staff in their observance of religious holidays.
San Diego State University affirms its commitment to accommodating students, faculty and staff in their observance of religious holidays.
The SDSU Senate Policy file requires that instructors reasonably accommodate students who notify them by the end of the second week of classes of planned absences for religious observances. Faculty members may, with the approval of their department chair, make arrangements to exchange teaching duties to accommodate religious holiday observance. Staff members may use their personal holiday, vacation, or CTO accruals with appropriate notice to their supervisor.
The following is a calendar noting religious holidays associated with significant work restrictions.
August 2018
20-21: Eid al-Adha (Islam)
September 2018
10-11: Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
18-19: Yom Kippur (Jewish)
23-30: Sukkot (Jewish)
October 2018
1-2: Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
1-2: Simchat Torah (Jewish)
November 2018
5-9: Diwali (Hindu, Jain, Sikh)
12: Birth of Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í)
December 2018
24: Christmas Eve (Christian)
25: Christmas (Christian)
January 2019
7: Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Christian)
February 2019
5: Chinese New Year (Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist)
April 2019
20-27: Passover (Jewish)
21: Easter (Christian)
June 2019
5-7: Eid al-Fitr (Islam)
9-10: Shavuot (Jewish)
