Bill Text: NY S03439 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3439 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes Eid-al-Adha and Eid-Al-Fitr as school holidays in certain school districts.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S03439 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03439-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3439

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 29, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE, BAILEY -- 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  Eid-al-
          Adha and Eid-al-Fitr as school holidays

          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 3204-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3204-a. Eid-al-Adha and Eid-al-Fitr school holidays. 1. The days  of
     4  the  Islamic  lunar calendar designated to begin on the tenth day of the
     5  month of Dhul Hijja and commonly known as "Eid-al-Adha", and  the  first
     6  day  of  Shawwai  known  as Eid-al-Fitr shall be school holidays for all
     7  public schools.
     8    2. The school authorities of every public school are hereby authorized
     9  and directed to cause all public schools within  such  districts  to  be
    10  closed on Eid-al-Adha and Eid-al-Fitr.
    11    §  2.  Section  3604  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    12  subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
    13    7-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes  of  any
    14  calculation  under  subdivision  seven  or  eight  of  this section, the
    15  commissioner shall disregard any reduction resulting from observance  of
    16  Eid-al-Adha  and  Eid-al-Fitr  and, if necessary, such observed holidays
    17  shall be calculated as a session day.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the  addition,  amend-
    20  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    21  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    22  completed on or before such effective date.


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