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Assembly Bill A615

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes Eid-al-Adha and Eid-Al-Fitr as school holidays in certain school districts

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2017-A615 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S346
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3204-a, amd §3604, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6815
2015-2016: A2731, A721, S4333
2019-2020: A942

2017-A615 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes Eid-al-Adha and Eid-al-Fitr as school holidays in certain school districts.

2017-A615 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    615
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  establishing  Eid-al-
   Adha and Eid-Al-Fitr as school holidays
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3204-a
 to read as follows:
   §3204-A. EID-AL-ADHA AND EID-AL-FITR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. 1. THE  DAYS  OF
 THE  ISLAMIC  LUNAR CALENDAR DESIGNATED TO BEGIN ON THE TENTH DAY OF THE
 MONTH OF DHUL HIJJA AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS "EID-AL-ADHA", AND  THE  FIRST
 DAY  OF  SHAWWAI  KNOWN  AS EID-AL-FITR SHALL BE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS FOR ALL
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING  A  POPULATION
 OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   2.  THE  SCHOOL  AUTHORITIES  OF  EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN A CITY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE ARE HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CAUSE ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT
 TO BE CLOSED ON EID-AL-ADHA AND EID-AL-FITR.
   § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7-c to read as follows:
   7-C.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, FOR PURPOSES OF ANY
 CALCULATION UNDER SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OR  EIGHT  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL DISREGARD ANY REDUCTION RESULTING FROM OBSERVANCE OF
 EID-AL-ADHA AND EID-AL-FITR AND, IF NECESSARY,  SUCH  OBSERVED  HOLIDAYS
 SHALL BE CALCULATED AS A SESSION DAY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law; provided that any and all rules and regu-
 lations and any other measures necessary to implement any  provision  of
 this act on its effective date may be promulgated and taken, respective-
 ly, on or before such effective date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00159-01-7

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