Bill Text: NY A03318 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3318 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides two days excused leave for parents for participation with child's education: two days per school year, per child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-07 - enacting clause stricken [A03318 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03318-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3318
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. SCARBOROUGH, COLTON, ROBINSON -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
       AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to providing  excused
         leave  for public officers or employees of the state for participation
         in their child's education
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
    2  153 to read as follows:
    3    S 153. EXCUSED LEAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN CHILD'S EDUCATION.  1.    EVERY
    4  PUBLIC  OFFICER  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF THIS STATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ABSENT
    5  HIMSELF OR HERSELF FOR TWO DAYS PER SCHOOL YEAR AND SHALL BE  DEEMED  TO
    6  HAVE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM HIS OR HER DUTIES OR SERVICE AS SUCH PUBLIC
    7  OFFICER  OR EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE, TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS OR HER CHILD'S
    8  EDUCATION.
    9    2.  EVERY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE SHALL  BE  ENTITLED
   10  TO TWO DAYS OF EXCUSED LEAVE, PER SCHOOL YEAR, PER CHILD.
   11    3.  THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
   12  SECTION SHALL BE EXCUSED LEAVE AND SHALL  NOT  BE  CHARGED  AGAINST  ANY
   13  OTHER  LEAVE  SUCH PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE IS OTHERWISE
   14  ENTITLED TO.
   15    S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
   16  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08094-01-5