Bill Text: NY A07190 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha shall be school holidays in the city school district of the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A07190 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07190-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7190

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 29, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  that  the
          Muslim  holidays  of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha be school holidays in
          the city school district of the city 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 2590-w
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 2590-w. Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha to be school holidays.  Notwith-
     4  standing  any  other  law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the first
     5  day of the Muslim holidays of Eid  Ul-Fitr  and  Eid  Ul-Adha  shall  be
     6  designated as school holidays in the city school district of the city of
     7  New  York.  The  dates of such holidays shall correspond to the dates of
     8  such holidays as set out on the parking calendar  of  the  city  of  New
     9  York.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09308-01-1
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