LAWRENCE ACADEMIC CALENDARS
Kansas Board of Regents approved calendars for current academic year and forward. Last approval in March 2020 for all years up to 2025-26.
Click here for Fall 2009 - Summer 2016
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N-Sunday, M-Monday, T-Tuesday, W-Wednesday, R-Thursday, F-Friday, S-Saturday
| Approved by KBOR June 2017 | Approved by KBOR March 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fall Semester | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023 | Fall 2024 | Fall 2025 | ||||||||||
| First Day of Classes | Aug 26 M | Aug 24 M | Aug 23 M | Aug 22 M | Aug 21 M | Aug 26 M | Aug 18, M | ||||||||||
| Labor Day - No Classes | Sep 02 M | Sep 07 M | Sep 06 M | Sep 5 M | Sep 04 M | Sept 2 M | Sep 1 M | ||||||||||
| Fall Break Begins -No Classes | Oct 12 S | Oct 10 S | Oct 09 S | Oct 8 S | Oct 14S | Oct 12 S | Oct 11 S | ||||||||||
| Fall Break Ends -No Classes | Oct 15 T | Oct 13 T | Oct 12 T | Oct 11 T | Oct 17 T | Oct 15 T | Oct 14 T | ||||||||||
| Thanksg. Break First Day - No Classes | Nov 27 W | Nov 25 W | Nov 24 W | Nov 23 W | Nov 22W | Nov 27 W | Nov 26 W | ||||||||||
| Thanksg. Break Last Day - No Classes | Dec 01 N | Nov 29 N | Nov 28 N | Nov 27 N | Nov 26 N | Dec 01 N | Nov 30 N | ||||||||||
| Last Day of Classes | Dec 12 R | Dec 10 R | Dec 09 R | Dec 08 R | Dec 07 R | Dec 12 R | Dec 4 R | ||||||||||
| Stop Day | Dec 13 F | Dec 11 F | Dec 10 F | Dec 9 F | Dec 8 F | Dec 13 F | Dec 5 F | ||||||||||
| First Day of Finals | Dec 16 M | Dec 14 M | Dec 13 M | Dec 12 M | Dec 11 M | Dec 16 M | Dec 8 M | ||||||||||
| Last Day of Finals | Dec 20 F | Dec 18 F | Dec 17 F | Dec 16 F | Dec 15 F | Dec 20 F | Dec 12 F | ||||||||||
| Commencement (Projected) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||||||
| Total Instructional Days | 73 | 73 | 73 | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Spring Semester | Spr 2020 | Spr 2021 | Spr 2022 | Spr 2023 | Spr 2024 | Spr 2025 | Spr 2026 | ||||||||||
| M.L. King Day - No Classes | Jan 20 M | Jan 18 M | Jan 17 M | Jan 16 M | Jan 15 M | Jan 20 M | Jan 19 M | ||||||||||
| First Day of Classes | Jan 21 T | Feb 1 M | Jan 18 T | Jan 17 T | Jan 16 T | Jan 21 T | Jan 20 T | ||||||||||
| Spring Break Starts - No Classes | Mar 9 M | NA | Mar 14 M | Mar 13 M | Mar 11 M | Mar 17 M | Mar 9 M | ||||||||||
| Spring Break Ends - No Classes | Mar 15 N | NA | Mar 20 N | Mar 19 N | Mar 17 N | Mar 23 N | Mar 15 N | ||||||||||
| Last Day of Classes | May 07 R | May 06 R | May 05 R | May 4 R | May 2 R | May 8 R | May 7 R | ||||||||||
| Stop Day | May 08 F | May 07 F | May 06 F | May 5 F | May 3 F | May 9 F | May 8 F | ||||||||||
| First Day of Finals | May 11 M | May 10 M | May 09 M | May 8 M | May 6 M | May 12 M | May 11 M | ||||||||||
| Last Day of Finals | May 15 F | May 14 F | May 13 F | May 12 F | May 10 F | May 16 F | May 15 F | ||||||||||
| Commencement (Projected) | May 17 N | May 16 N | May 15 N | May 14 N | May 12 N | May 18 N | May 17 N | ||||||||||
| Total Instructional Days | 73 | 73 | 73 | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Summer Term | Sum 2020 | Sum 2021 | Sum 2022 | Sum 2023 | Sum 2024 | Sum 2025 | Sum 2026 | ||||||||||
| First Day of Classes | Jun 02 T | Jun 08 T | Jun 07 T | Jun 06 T | Jun 4 T | Jun 3 T | Jun 2 T | ||||||||||
| Last Day of Classes | Jul 24 F | Jul 30 F | Jul 29 F | Jul 28 F | July 26F | Jul 25F | July 24 F | ||||||||||
| Stop Day | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||||||||||
| First Day of Finals | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||||||||||
| Last Day of Finals | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||||||||||
| Commencement (Projected) | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||||||||||
| * Approved by Calendar Committee, University Senate Fall 2019. | |||||||||||||||||
| KBOR approved AY 2022-2025 in March 2020. | |||||||||||||||||
| Updated calendar approval in January 2021 to align spring break with KBOR recommendation | |||||||||||||||||
