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Assembly Bill A4355

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides two days excused leave for parents for participation with child's education

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2013-A4355 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง153, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6183
2011-2012: A6608
2015-2016: A3318

2013-A4355 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides two days excused leave for parents for participation with child's education: two days per school year, per child.

2013-A4355 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4355

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, COLTON, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the  Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to providing excused
  leave for public officers or employees of the state for  participation
  in their child's education

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
153 to read as follows:
  S  153.  EXCUSED  LEAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN CHILD'S EDUCATION. 1.  EVERY
PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  ABSENT
HIMSELF  OR  HERSELF FOR TWO DAYS PER SCHOOL YEAR AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM HIS OR HER DUTIES OR SERVICE AS SUCH PUBLIC
OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE, TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS OR HER  CHILD'S
EDUCATION.
  2.    EVERY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO TWO DAYS OF EXCUSED LEAVE, PER SCHOOL YEAR, PER CHILD.
  3. THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED PURSUANT TO  THIS
SECTION  SHALL  BE  EXCUSED  LEAVE  AND SHALL NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST ANY
OTHER LEAVE SUCH PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE  IS  OTHERWISE
ENTITLED TO.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding 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.
                                                           LBD02714-01-3

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