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senate Bill S4038
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Kevin Thomas
(D) 6th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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S4038 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6797
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §3204-a, amd §3604, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S151, A3442
S4038 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4038 SPONSOR: THOMAS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing certain school holidays PURPOSE: The purpose of the bill is to avail students from different religious and cultural backgrounds to celebrate their traditional festivities with their family and community. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends the education law by adding a new section 3204-a that allow school boards or trustees to determine certain cultural and religious festivities as holidays. It identifies the obser- vance of Eid alFitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali, Vaisakhi, Good Friday, and Onam. It also allows school districts with population equal to or great-
S4038 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4038 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 26, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3204-a to read as follows: § 3204-A. CULTURAL SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. 1. THE FOLLOWING CULTURAL OR RELI- GIOUS HOLIDAYS SHALL BE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS FOR ANY SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES DETERMINES SUCH SCHOOLS OR DISTRICTS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION OF STUDENTS WHO OBSERVE SUCH DAYS: EID AL-FITR, EID AL-ADHA, DIWALI, VAISAKHI, GOOD FRIDAY AND ONAM. 2. A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVING A POPULATION EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF PERSONS OR ETHNIC GROUPS, IDENTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU IN THE MOST RECENT DECENNIAL UNITED STATES CENSUS, WHICH OBSERVE THE RESPECTIVE HOLIDAYS NAMED IN SUBDIVI- SION ONE OF THIS SECTION ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CAUSE ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT TO BE CLOSED ON SUCH DAYS. § 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-FITR, EID AL-ADHA, DIWALI, VAISAKHI, GOOD FRIDAY AND ONAM AND, IF NECESSARY, SUCH OBSERVED HOLIDAYS SHALL BE CALCULATED AS SESSION DAYS. § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July 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. LBD10085-03-9
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