Assembly Bill A7062

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the Diwali school holiday

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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Bill Amendments

2021-A7062 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3204-a, amd §3604, Ed L

2021-A7062 - Summary

Establishes the Diwali school holiday in certain qualifying school districts to commemorate the Hindu festival of lights.

2021-A7062 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7062
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the Diwa-
   li school holiday
 
   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.  HINDU FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS SCHOOL HOLIDAY. 1.  THE  FIFTEENTH
 DAY OF THE HINDU LUNISOLAR MONTH OF KARTIK, KNOWN AS LAKSHMI PUJA, SHALL
 BE  A  SCHOOL  HOLIDAY  FOR  ANY  OR  ALL  SCHOOLS IN A QUALIFIED SCHOOL
 DISTRICT WHERE THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OR  TRUSTEES  DETERMINES  SUCH
 SCHOOLS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SOUTH-ASIAN POPULATION.
   2.  A  QUALIFIED  SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SHALL
 INCLUDE A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR  MORE INHABITANTS AND HAVING AN ASIAN POPULATION EQUAL TO OR
 GREATER THAN SEVEN AND  ONE-HALF  PERCENT.  THE  ASIAN  POPULATION,  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, SHALL INCLUDE THOSE PERSONS, ADULTS AND CHIL-
 DREN, WHO ARE FULLY OR PARTIALLY OF ASIAN DESCENT AND SHALL INCLUDE  ALL
 THOSE PERSONS AND ETHNIC GROUPS IDENTIFIED AS ASIAN BY THE UNITED STATES
 CENSUS BUREAU IN THE MOST RECENT DECENNIAL UNITED STATES CENSUS.  IN THE
 EVENT  THAT  THE  STATE  OF  NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU
 COLLECTS POPULATION DATA FOR THE STATE OF NEW  YORK  WHICH  DENOTES  THE
 NUMBER  OF  CITIZENS  OF ASIAN-INDIAN, BANGLADESHI, INDO-CARIBBEAN WHICH
 INCLUDES GUYANESE AND TRINIDADIANS, AND SRI LANKAN DESCENT, THEN A QUAL-
 IFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL INCLUDE A CITY SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF  A  CITY
 HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS AND HAVING A
 SOUTH ASIAN POPULATION, INCLUDING ASIAN-INDIAN, BANGLADESHI, INDO-CARIB-
 BEAN WHICH INCLUDES GUYANESE AND TRINIDADIANS, AND SRI LANKAN  EQUAL  TO
 OR GREATER THAN THREE PERCENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10039-05-1

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2021-A7062A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3204-a, amd §3604, Ed L

2021-A7062A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the Diwali school holiday in certain qualifying school districts to commemorate the Hindu festival of lights.

2021-A7062A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7062--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the Diwa-
   li school holiday

   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.   HINDU FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS SCHOOL HOLIDAY. 1. THE FIFTEENTH
 DAY OF THE HINDU LUNISOLAR MONTH OF KARTIK, KNOWN AS LAKSHMI PUJA, SHALL
 BE A SCHOOL HOLIDAY FOR  ANY  OR  ALL  SCHOOLS  IN  A  QUALIFIED  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  WHERE  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OR  TRUSTEES DETERMINES SUCH
 SCHOOLS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SOUTH-ASIAN POPULATION.
   2. A QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  SHALL
 INCLUDE  A  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE
 MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS AND HAVING AN ASIAN POPULATION EQUAL  TO  OR
 GREATER  THAN  SEVEN  AND  ONE-HALF  PERCENT.  THE ASIAN POPULATION, FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SHALL INCLUDE THOSE PERSONS, ADULTS AND  CHIL-
 DREN,  WHO ARE FULLY OR PARTIALLY OF ASIAN DESCENT AND SHALL INCLUDE ALL
 THOSE PERSONS AND ETHNIC GROUPS IDENTIFIED AS ASIAN BY THE UNITED STATES
 CENSUS BUREAU IN THE MOST RECENT DECENNIAL UNITED STATES CENSUS.  IN THE
 EVENT THAT THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR  THE  UNITED  STATES  CENSUS  BUREAU
 COLLECTS  POPULATION  DATA  FOR  THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHICH DENOTES THE
 NUMBER OF CITIZENS  OF  ASIAN-INDIAN,  BANGLADESHI,  PAKISTANI,  NEPALI,
 MYANMARI, BHUTANESE, INDO-CARIBBEAN WHICH INCLUDES GUYANESE AND TRINIDA-
 DIANS,  AND  SRI  LANKAN DESCENT, THEN A QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 INCLUDE A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS AND HAVING A SOUTH ASIAN POPULATION, INCLUD-
 ING  ASIAN-INDIAN,  BANGLADESHI, PAKISTANI, NEPALI, MYANMARI, BHUTANESE,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10039-06-1

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