Bill Text: NY A00891 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes Three King's day as a school holiday for all public schools in a city school district of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A00891 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00891-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           891

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. GIBBS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GALLAGHER, CRUZ, TAYLOR,
          COLTON, DICKENS, DAVILA, EPSTEIN, JACKSON -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
          of  A.    SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children
          and Families

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  establishing  Three
          King's day as a school holiday

          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. Three King's day school holiday. 1. The sixth day  of  Janu-
     4  ary,  commonly known as Three King's day, is hereby made and declared to
     5  be a holiday for all public schools in a qualified school district.
     6    2. A qualified school district, for purposes of  this  section,  shall
     7  mean a city school district of a city having a population of one million
     8  or more inhabitants.
     9    3.  The  school  authorities of a qualified school district are hereby
    10  authorized and directed to cause all public schools within such district
    11  to be closed on Three King's day.
    12    § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    13  subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
    14    7-a.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, for purposes of any
    15  calculation under subdivision  seven  or  eight  of  this  section,  the
    16  commissioner  shall disregard any reduction resulting from observance of
    17  Three King's day and, if  necessary,  such  observed  holiday  shall  be
    18  calculated as a session day.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    20  it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
    21  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    22  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    23  completed on or before such date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01476-01-3