Bill Text: NY A06797 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to establishing Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali, Vaisakhi, Good Friday and Onam as school holidays.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A06797 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06797-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6797
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 20, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  establishing  certain
          school 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 3204-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3204-a. Cultural school holidays. 1. The following cultural or reli-
     4  gious holidays shall be  school  holidays  for  any  schools  or  school
     5  districts  where  the  board  of  education  or trustees determines such
     6  schools or districts have  a  significant  population  of  students  who
     7  observe  such  days:  Eid  al-Fitr,  Eid al-Adha, Diwali, Vaisakhi, Good
     8  Friday and Onam.
     9    2. A school district having a population  equal  to  or  greater  than
    10  seven  and  one-half  percent of persons or ethnic groups, identified by
    11  the United States census bureau in  the  most  recent  decennial  United
    12  States  census,  which observe the respective holidays named in subdivi-
    13  sion one of this section are hereby authorized and directed to cause all
    14  public schools within such district to be closed on such days.
    15    § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    16  subdivision 7-c to read as follows:
    17    7-c.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, for purposes of any
    18  calculation under subdivision  seven  or  eight  of  this  section,  the
    19  commissioner  shall disregard any reduction resulting from observance of
    20  Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali, Vaisakhi, Good Friday and Onam and, if
    21  necessary, such observed holidays shall be calculated as session days.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    23  the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10085-03-9
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