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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to education |
Jan 26, 2021 | referred to education |
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Dan Quart
Khaleel Anderson
Jenifer Rajkumar
Philip Ramos
A3442 (ACTIVE) - Details
A3442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3442 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 3210 of the educa- tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iii) to read as follows: (III) THE FOLLOWING CULTURAL OR RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS SHALL BE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS FOR ANY SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE THE BOARD OF EDUCA- TION OR TRUSTEES DETERMINES SUCH SCHOOLS OR DISTRICTS HAVE A CONSIDER- ABLE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS WHO OBSERVE SUCH DAYS: EID AL-FITR, EID AL-ADHA, DIWALI, AND ONAM. § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8-c to read as follows: 8-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, 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. LBD02364-01-1