Bill Text: NY S05043 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to references by a city school district in a city with a population of one million or more to public holidays, specifically Columbus Day; provides that any literature or document created and/or distributed by such district do the same including school calendars.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S05043 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S05043-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5043 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 22, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 references by a city school district with a population of one million or more to public 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 3229 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3229. Public holidays. A city school district of a city with a popu- 4 lation of one million or more shall refer to all public holidays, 5 including but not limited to Columbus Day, by the designated name pursu- 6 ant to section twenty-four of the general construction law. Any litera- 7 ture or document created and/or distributed by such city school district 8 shall refer to such holidays in such manner, including but not limited 9 to school calendars. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09770-01-3