Establishes Three King's day as a school holiday for all public schools in a city school district of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1065--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City
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 Three
King's day as a school holiday for all public schools in a city having
a population of one million or more inhabitants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2586-b
2 to read as follows:
3 § 2586-b. Three King's day school holiday. 1. The sixth day of Janu-
4 ary, commonly known as Three King's day, is hereby made and declared to
5 be a holiday for all public schools in a qualified school district.
6 2. A qualified school district, for purposes of this section, shall
7 mean a city school district of a city having a population of one million
8 or more inhabitants.
9 3. The school authorities of a qualified school district are hereby
10 authorized and directed to cause all public schools within such district
11 to be closed on Three King's day.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
13 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
14 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
15 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
16 completed on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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