Bill Text: NY A06310 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6310 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that no class or any other course of instruction shall be held in any institution within the state or city university on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A06310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06310-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6310
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 5, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education
        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 362
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 362.  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.
     7    § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6235 to read
     8  as follows:
     9    § 6235. Holidays to be observed. No  class  or  any  other  course  of
    10  instruction  shall be held in any institution within the city university
    11  on those days of religious observance known  as  Rosh  Hashanah  or  Yom
    12  Kippur.
    13    § 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10162-01-9