Bill Text: NY A01012 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that no class or any other course of instruction shall be held in any institution within the state university on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur provided, however, that the chancellor, in his discretion, may exempt any institution from such observance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to higher education [A01012 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A01012-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1012--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, PHEFFER, COLTON, ABBATE -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. DIAZ, GLICK, GREENE, HOOPER, HOYT, JACOBS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to observance of certain holidays by institutions within the state university and the city university of New York 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 361 2 to read as follows: 3 S 361. HOLIDAYS TO BE OBSERVED. NO CLASS OR ANY OTHER COURSE OF 4 INSTRUCTION SHALL BE HELD IN ANY INSTITUTION WITHIN THE STATE UNIVERSITY 5 ON THOSE DAYS OF RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE KNOWN AS ROSH HASHANAH OR YOM 6 KIPPUR PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CHANCELLOR, IN HIS OR HER DISCRETION, 7 MAY EXEMPT ANY INSTITUTION FROM THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS 8 SECTION. 9 S 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6235 to read 10 as follows: 11 S 6235. HOLIDAYS TO BE OBSERVED. NO CLASS OR ANY OTHER COURSE OF 12 INSTRUCTION SHALL BE HELD IN ANY INSTITUTION WITHIN THE CITY UNIVERSITY 13 ON THOSE DAYS OF RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE KNOWN AS ROSH HASHANAH OR YOM 14 KIPPUR PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CHANCELLOR, IN HIS OR HER DISCRETION, 15 MAY EXEMPT ANY INSTITUTION FROM THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS 16 SECTION. 17 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02735-03-9