Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 14, 2023 |
signed chap.629 |
Nov 13, 2023 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 10, 2023 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1859 substituted for s7574 |
Jun 10, 2023 |
substituted by a7769 |
Jun 09, 2023 |
ordered to third reading cal.1859 |
Jun 08, 2023 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7574
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Current Bill Status Via A7769 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 16th Senate District
(D, WF) 17th Senate District
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
2023-S7574 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7769
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §2586-a, amd §3635, Ed L
2023-S7574 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7574 SPONSOR: ADDABBO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing Diwali as a school holiday in certain public schools PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To declare Diwali as a school holiday in the city of New York. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new section 2586-a of education law to declare Diwali as a public school holiday for all public schools in New York City and require all the public schools to not be in session on such day. Section 2 amends subdivision 2-a of section 3635 of the education law to make a conforming change. Section 3 sets the effective date.
2023-S7574 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7574 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing Diwali as a school holiday in certain public schools 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 2586-a to read as follows: § 2586-A. DIWALI AS A HOLIDAY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE EIGHTH MONTH OF THE INDIAN CALENDAR IN EACH YEAR, KNOWN AS DIWALI, IS HEREBY MADE AND DECLARED TO BE A HOLIDAY IN ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND SUCH PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL NOT BE IN SESSION ON SUCH DAY. § 2. Subdivision 2-a of section 3635 of the education law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 2-a. The superintendent of each city school district, in a city having a population in excess of one million, shall prepare a public school calendar and shall notify officials of nonpublic schools to which trans- portation has been requested not later than the first day of June in each year, of the days on which the public schools will be in session in the following school year. Such school district which provides transpor- tation to nonpublic schools shall provide such transportation for the same number of days as the public schools are open but shall not provide transportation services for more than one hundred eighty days. Offi- cials of each nonpublic school to which transportation is provided by a city school district of a city having a population in excess of one million may notify such district, not later than the first day of July of each school year, of a maximum of five days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays or legal holidays upon which public schools are required to be closed, on which the public schools are scheduled to be closed, except that in any year in which the first or last day of Passover and Easter EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11774-01-3
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