Bill Text: NY S02504 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2504

Introduced

Bill Title: Allows the chancellor of the city district of the city of New York to require pupils in public schools in the borough of Brooklyn or in the borough of Queens to attend school on anniversary day, but to declare a holiday for such pupils on an alternate date in the same school year to allow for the celebration of a significant cultural or religious holiday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S02504 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02504-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2504

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 20, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for an alter-
          nated holiday for pupils in all  public  schools  in  the  borough  of
          Brooklyn or in the borough of Queens

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

     1    Section 1.  Section 2586 of the education law, as amended  by  chapter
     2  437 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 2586.  Anniversary day as a holiday for pupils in the public schools
     4  of  the  borough  of  Brooklyn and in the borough of Queens, city of New
     5  York. 1. The first Thursday in June in each year, except in those  years
     6  when  the  first  Thursday in June occurs in the same week with Memorial
     7  day, and in such years the second Thursday in June, known as anniversary
     8  day, and celebrated in  commemoration  of  the  organization  of  Sunday
     9  schools,  is  hereby made and declared to be a holiday for pupils in all
    10  the public schools in the borough of Brooklyn  and  in  the  borough  of
    11  Queens, city of New York, and pupils shall not be required to attend the
    12  public schools in such boroughs on such day.
    13    2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
    14  the chancellor may require pupils in the public schools in  the  borough
    15  of Brooklyn and in the borough of Queens to attend school on anniversary
    16  day, but must declare a public school holiday for all pupils in the city
    17  of  New  York  on an alternate date in the same school year to allow for
    18  the celebration of a significant cultural or religious holiday including
    19  Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Asian Lunar New Year,  Passover,  Rosh
    20  Hashanah, Yom Kippur or any other religious or cultural holiday which is
    21  celebrated  by  a significant portion of the pupils attending the public
    22  schools of the city of New York.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    24  the date upon which it shall have become a law.

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