Bill Text: NY S00513 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali, Lunar New Year, Tihar, Bandi Chhor Divas and Onam as school holidays.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00513 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           513

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens. THOMAS, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, PERSAUD, RAMOS
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  establishing  certain
          school holidays

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 3210 of the  educa-
     2  tion  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new subparagraph (iii) to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (iii) The following cultural or religious  holidays  shall  be  school
     5  holidays  for  any schools or school districts where the board of educa-
     6  tion or trustees determines such schools or districts have  a  consider-
     7  able  proportion  of  students  who  observe such days: Eid al-Fitr, Eid
     8  al-Adha, Diwali, and Onam.
     9    § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    10  subdivision 8-c to read as follows:
    11    8-c.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, for purposes of any
    12  calculation under subdivision  seven  or  eight  of  this  section,  the
    13  commissioner  shall disregard any reduction resulting from observance of
    14  Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali,  and  Onam  and,  if  necessary,  such
    15  observed holidays shall be calculated as session days.
    16    §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    17  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.
                                                                   LBD01658-01-3