Bill Text: NY A04709 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that no class or any other course of instruction shall be held in any institution within the state or city university on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-03 - held for consideration in higher education [A04709 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A04709-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4709 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 5, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH, SCHMITT, COLTON, CRUZ, D. ROSENTHAL, BRABENEC, ASHBY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. M. MILLER, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to observance of certain holidays by institutions within the state university and the city university of New York 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 362 2 to read as follows: 3 § 362. Holidays to be observed. No class or any other course of 4 instruction shall be held in any institution within the state university 5 on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom 6 Kippur. 7 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6235 to read 8 as follows: 9 § 6235. Holidays to be observed. No class or any other course of 10 instruction shall be held in any institution within the city university 11 on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom 12 Kippur. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03925-01-1
