STATE OF NEW YORK
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3442
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 26, 2021
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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:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 3210 of the educa-
2 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iii) to read as
3 follows:
4 (iii) The following cultural or religious holidays shall be school
5 holidays for any schools or school districts where the board of educa-
6 tion or trustees determines such schools or districts have a consider-
7 able proportion of students who observe such days: Eid al-Fitr, Eid
8 al-Adha, Diwali, and Onam.
9 § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is amended by adding a new
10 subdivision 8-c to read as follows:
11 8-c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of any
12 calculation under subdivision seven or eight of this section, the
13 commissioner shall disregard any reduction resulting from observance of
14 Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Diwali, and Onam and, if necessary, such
15 observed holidays shall be calculated as session days.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
17 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
