STATE OF NEW YORK
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4670
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 11, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, BAILEY, COMRIE, COONEY, GOUNARDES, MARTI-
NEZ, MAY, PALUMBO, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RHOADS, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS, STAVI-
SKY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee 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 sizable
7 proportion of students who observe such days: Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha,
8 Diwali, Lunar New Year, Tihar, Bandi Chhor Divas and Onam.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
10 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.
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