Bill Text: NY A00721 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes Eid-al-Adha and Eid-al-Fitr as school holidays in certain school districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A00721 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00721-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          721
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. MILLER, O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  establishing  Eid-al-
         Adha and Eid-Al-Fitr as school holidays
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3204-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S3204-A. EID-AL-ADHA AND EID-AL-FITR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. 1. THE  DAYS  OF
    4  THE  ISLAMIC  LUNAR CALENDAR DESIGNATED TO BEGIN ON THE TENTH DAY OF THE
    5  MONTH OF DHUL HIJJA AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS "EID-AL-ADHA", AND  THE  FIRST
    6  DAY  OF  SHAWWAI  KNOWN  AS EID-AL-FITR SHALL BE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS FOR ALL
    7  PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING  A  POPULATION
    8  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
    9    2.  THE  SCHOOL  AUTHORITIES  OF  EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN A CITY SCHOOL
   10  DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE ARE HEREBY
   11  AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CAUSE ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT
   12  TO BE CLOSED ON EID-AL-ADHA AND EID-AL-FITR.
   13    S 2. Section 3604 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   14  subdivision 7-c to read as follows:
   15    7-C.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, FOR PURPOSES OF ANY
   16  CALCULATION UNDER SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OR  EIGHT  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
   17  COMMISSIONER  SHALL DISREGARD ANY REDUCTION RESULTING FROM OBSERVANCE OF
   18  EID-AL-ADHA AND EID-AL-FITR AND, IF NECESSARY,  SUCH  OBSERVED  HOLIDAYS
   19  SHALL BE CALCULATED AS A SESSION DAY.
   20    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   21  it  shall  have  become a law; provided that any and all rules and regu-
   22  lations and any other measures necessary to implement any  provision  of
   23  this act on its effective date may be promulgated and taken, respective-
   24  ly, on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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