Bill Text: NY A10392 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10392 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to required attendance at schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [A10392 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10392-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10392
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 24, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. MENG, SILVER, NOLAN, ABBATE -- Multi-Sponsored by
         --  M. of A.  BRAUNSTEIN, DenDEKKER, MOYA, ORTIZ, WEINSTEIN, WEPRIN --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to required attendances
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 3210 of the educa-
    2  tion law, as amended by chapter 821 of the laws of 1947, is  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    b. (I) Absence for religious observance and education shall be permit-
    5  ted under rules that the commissioner shall establish.
    6    (II)  IN  ADDITION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE
    7  WHETHER SCHOOL SESSION SHOULD  NOT  BE  HELD  AT  AN  INDIVIDUAL  PUBLIC
    8  SCHOOL,  OR  DISTRICT-WIDE,  ON  A DAY WHERE, IF SCHOOL WERE IN SESSION,
    9  ABSENTEEISM MAY RESULT IN THE WASTE OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES  BECAUSE  A
   10  CONSIDERABLE  PROPORTION OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IS UNLIKELY TO ATTEND
   11  BECAUSE OF A RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL DAY OF OBSERVANCE.
   12    S 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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