Bill Text: NY A01801 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 1801 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Authorizes the observance of September 11th Remembrance Day and provides for a brief period of silence on such day.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-09-09 - SIGNED CHAP.248 [A01801 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01801-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         1801--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, D'URSO, ORTIZ, COOK, COLTON, JONES
          --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to providing for the
          observance of September 11th Remembrance Day  and  providing  for  the
          observance of a brief period of silence in public school classrooms at
          the opening of such day

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

     1    Section 1.   Subdivision 2 of section 802  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    2.  a.  It  shall  also  be [his] the duty of the commissioner to make
     4  special provision for the observance in the public schools of  Lincoln's
     5  birthday,  Washington's  birthday,  Memorial  day and Flag day, and such
     6  other legal holidays of like character as may be hereafter designated by
     7  law when the legislature makes an appropriation therefor.
     8    b. It shall also be the duty  of  the  commissioner  to  make  special
     9  provision  for the observance of a brief period of silence for September
    10  11th Remembrance Day in public elementary and secondary schools, includ-
    11  ing charter schools to be conducted on the eleventh day of September.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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