S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3088
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 2, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, COLTON, COOK -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school session days
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 3604 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 605 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
8. No school shall be in session on a Saturday or a legal holiday,
except general election day, Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birth-
day, and except that driver education classes may be conducted on a
Saturday. NO SCHOOL LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
OR MORE SHALL BE IN SESSION ON THE DAY OF A PRIMARY ELECTION OR GENERAL
ELECTION. A deficiency not exceeding four days during any school year
caused by teachers' attendance upon conferences held by superintendents
of schools of city school districts or other school districts employing
superintendents of schools shall be excused by the commissioner,
notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contra-
ry, a school district may elect to schedule such conference days in the
last two weeks of August, subject to collective bargaining requirements
pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law, and such days
shall be counted towards the required one hundred eighty days of
session, provided however, that such scheduling shall not alter the
obligation of the school district to provide transportation to students
in non-public elementary and secondary schools or charter schools. At
least two such conference days during such school year shall be dedi-
cated to staff attendance upon conferences providing staff development
relating to implementation of the new high learning standards and
assessments, as adopted by the board of regents. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, school
districts may elect to use one or more of such allowable conference days
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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in units of not less than one hour each to provide staff development
activities relating to implementation of the new high learning standards
and assessments. A district making such election may provide such staff
development on any day during which sessions are allowed and apply such
units to satisfy a deficiency in the length of one or more daily
sessions of instruction for pupils as specified in regulations of the
commissioner. The commissioner shall assure that such conference days
include appropriate school violence prevention and intervention train-
ing, and may require that up to one such conference day be dedicated for
such purpose.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.