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Assembly Bill A4247

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides that no class shall be held in any institution within the state or city university on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur

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2025-A4247 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§362 & 6235, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6310
2021-2022: A4709
2023-2024: A3952

2025-A4247 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no class or any other course of instruction shall be held in any institution within the state or city university on those days of religious observance known as Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.

2025-A4247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4247
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to observance of  certain
   holidays  by  institutions  within  the  state university and the city
   university of New York

   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 362
 to read as follows:
   § 362.  HOLIDAYS TO BE OBSERVED.   NO CLASS OR  ANY  OTHER  COURSE  OF
 INSTRUCTION SHALL BE HELD IN ANY INSTITUTION WITHIN THE STATE UNIVERSITY
 ON  THOSE  DAYS  OF  RELIGIOUS  OBSERVANCE KNOWN AS ROSH HASHANAH OR YOM
 KIPPUR.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6235 to read
 as follows:
   § 6235. HOLIDAYS TO BE OBSERVED. NO  CLASS  OR  ANY  OTHER  COURSE  OF
 INSTRUCTION  SHALL BE HELD IN ANY INSTITUTION WITHIN THE CITY UNIVERSITY
 ON THOSE DAYS OF RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE KNOWN  AS  ROSH  HASHANAH  OR  YOM
 KIPPUR.
   § 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08425-01-5

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