Bill Text: NY A00942 | 2019-2020 | 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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A00942 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00942-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           942
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- 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    §3204-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.
     8    2. The school authorities of every public school are hereby authorized
     9  and directed to cause all public schools within  such  districts  to  be
    10  closed on Eid-al-Adha and Eid-Al-Fitr.
    11    §  2.  Section  3604  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    12  subdivision 7-c to read as follows:
    13    7-c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes  of  any
    14  calculation  under  subdivision  seven  or  eight  of  this section, the
    15  commissioner shall disregard any reduction resulting from observance  of
    16  Eid-al-Adha  and  Eid-Al-Fitr  and, if necessary, such observed holidays
    17  shall be calculated as a session day.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law; provided that any and all  rules  and  regu-
    20  lations  and  any other measures necessary to implement any provision of
    21  this act on its effective date may be promulgated and taken, respective-
    22  ly, on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00079-01-9